Basic Failures Led to Hacking of Electorates’ Data, Watchdog Finds

Published on July 31, 2024

Basic failures to update software and change passwords have led to the hacking of 40 million electorates’ data by Beijing-linked actors, the UK’s information watchdog has found. On Tuesday, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reprimanded the Electoral Commission for not having appropriate security measures in place to protect the personal information it held. Hackers affiliated with the Chinese regime gained access to the Electoral Commission’s Microsoft Exchange Server in August 2021 by impersonating a user account, using software vulnerabilities that had been known at the time. The breach was not detected until October 2022. During that time, hackers accessed voters’ personal information including their names and home addresses....

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