Cybersecurity incident — 2023-08-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK Electoral Commission
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The UK Electoral Commission discloses a massive data breach exposing the personal information of anyone who registered to vote in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2022 after suffering a cyber attack.