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UK Electoral Commission electoral register breach

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Made public · 40,000,000 people on the electoral registers

What leaked2

Hard to replace

  • Home or delivery address

Permanent

  • Full name
  • Home or delivery addresshome address; overseas voters' names only, without addresses · BBC

To-dos

None of the harms this check covers.

What happened next9 events

  1. Undetected 2 eventsabout 1 yr 1 mo · show events
  2. Response 4 eventsNo individual notice on record · show events
  3. RemedyNone on record
  4. Penalty 3 eventsOngoing · Back to latest
  5. DisputesNone on record

Penalty: 3 events

Back to latest
  1. ICO reprimand · no fine: servers not kept up to date with security patches and insufficient password policies
  2. The UK government attributed the compromise to a China state-affiliated actor and summoned China's ambassador
  3. The ICO said it was urgently investigating
Company
UK Electoral Commission
When it happened
Company detected it
Made public
Notice
Leak confirmed
Affected
40,000,000 people on the electoral registers · approximate, ICO

Sources