Watchdog

Cyber-attack on UK's electoral registers revealed

The UK's elections watchdog has revealed it has been the victim of a "complex cyber-attack".

The Electoral Commission said unspecified "hostile actors" had managed to gain access to copies of the electoral registers, from August 2021.

Hackers also broke into its emails and "control systems" but the attack was not discovered until October last year.

The watchdog has warned the public to be "vigilant for unauthorised use or release of their personal data".


It would come as no great surprise to learn that a man in a van simply walked in and carted off a load of servers. Still, we may see an unusually high turnout at the next general election. Well over 100% must be on the cards.