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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Milmo

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Electoral commission failed cybersecurity test in same year as hack - You Need To See This

A voter at a polling station in Stalybridge
A voter at a polling station in Stalybridge. The 2021 attack resulted in hackers accessing copies of electoral registers, equating to names and addresses of 40 million people. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

The Electoral Commission has admitted it failed a cybersecurity test in the same year that hackers successfully attacked the organisation.

The UK’s elections watchdog said it did not pass a Cyber Essentials test, a voluntary government-backed scheme that assesses an organisation’s readiness against cyber-attacks.

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