UK Electoral Commission fails cybersecurity test during data breach. #UK #ElectoralCommission #cybersecurity #data #breach
Hackers breached UK Electoral Commission's systems, compromising the data of 40 million voters. #hacking #data #breach
The Commission received an automatic failure during a Cyber Essentials audit. #CyberEssentials #audit #failure
Breached occurred between August 2021 and October 2022, allowing unauthorized access to email correspondence and sensitive voter databases. #unauthorizedaccess #emailcorrespondence #voterdatabases
Cybersecurity deficiencies highlighted by failed audit potentially contributed to the breach. #cybersecurity #deficiencies #failedaudit
Concerns raised about Commission's cybersecurity readiness as government mandates Cyber Essentials certification for suppliers handling sensitive data. #government #CyberEssentials #certification #dataprivacy #security
UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) urgently investigating implications of breach for data privacy and security. #ICO #investigation #dataprivacy #security
Commission did not reapply for Cyber Essentials certification in 2022 but remains committed to improving cybersecurity measures with NCSC. #NCSC #cybersecurity #improvement
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