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Electoral Commission reprimanded for massive data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a formal reprimand to the Electoral Commission following a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of approximately 40 million individuals.
On Tuesday, the ICO released a report [pdf] detailing the Electoral Commission's critical security failures that left millions of individuals exposed. The breach, which occurred in August 2021, ...
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