The UK Election Commission has announced that citizens’ data has been leaked as a result of a cyberattack. Message on the commission’s website.
It was noted that the perpetrators first reached citizens’ data in August 2021, but the incident only occurred in October 2022.
“The incident was detected in October 2022 after suspicious activity was recorded in our systems. It became clear that hostile actors first gained access to the systems in August 2021, the election commission said in a statement.
Cybercriminals with access to names, residential addresses and emails could not be identified. At the same time, the British Information Commissioner’s office said the leak is unlikely to pose a high risk to individuals.
Before that, RIA Novosti reportedThat Roskomnadzor will check information about the possible leakage of personal data of users of the electronic book service “LitRes”.
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