Millions of UK voters’ data accessible in cyber-attack, says Electoral Commission

The data of millions of voters was accessible to hackers in a cyber-attack by “hostile actors” discovered almost a year ago, the Electoral Commission has admitted.

The watchdog apologised for the security breach in which the names and addresses of millions of voters were accessible to hackers as far back as 2021. It was discovered in October last year and reported it to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as well as the National…