UK Electoral Commission Data Breach
Between August 2021 and October 2022, unauthorized actors accessed internal Microsoft Exchange servers and electoral register reference files maintained by the UK Electoral Commission (electoralcommission.org.uk).
Exposed Data Types
3- Names
- Physical addresses
- Email addresses
About This Breach
Publicly disclosed on August 8, 2023, and resulting in a formal reprimand from the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in July 2024, the compromise exposed personal data of approximately 40,000,000 individuals registered to vote between 2014 and 2022, including full names, residential addresses, and email correspondence held on Commission servers.
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