{"id":56756,"date":"2024-07-30T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/36156\/40-Million-UK-Voters-Hacked-Due-To-Security-Lapses.html"},"modified":"2024-07-30T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:05:12","slug":"40-million-uk-voters-hacked-due-to-security-lapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/40-million-uk-voters-hacked-due-to-security-lapses\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Million UK Voters Hacked Due To Security Lapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/01714770f9facf56da3611d4b0c91c53d911029d\/0_117_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=630&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&amp;overlay-width=100p&amp;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&amp;enable=upscale&amp;s=a122984cf767e20fe8d8e887777d84b0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">The UK\u2019s election watchdog has been reprimanded over online security lapses that allowed the personal information of 40 million voters to be hacked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/electoral-commission\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Electoral Commission<\/a> had not kept its servers up to date with the latest security updates before the data breach, which occurred in August 2021 but was not identified until October 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">Earlier this year, the Conservative government blamed the data breach on Chinese hackers and summoned Beijing\u2019s ambassador to the UK to explain his country\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">The US also accused Chinese hackers of targeting American businesses, officials, journalists and politicians, with the US and UK announcing joint sanctions. New Zealand also raised concerns with China about its involvement in an attack that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/mar\/26\/new-zealand-parliament-china-hack-2021-spy-agency-gcsb\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">targeted the country\u2019s parliament in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">The UK breach allegedly resulted in Beijing accessing the personal details of about 40 million voters held by the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">Stephen Bonner, a deputy commissioner at the ICO, said in a statement on Tuesday: \u201cIf the Electoral Commission had taken basic steps to protect its systems, such as effective security patching and password management, it is highly likely that this data breach would not have happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">\u201cBy not installing the latest security updates promptly, its systems were left exposed and vulnerable to hackers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">Bonner added that despite the breach, there was \u201cno reason to believe any personal data was misused and we have found no evidence that any direct harm has been caused\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">An Electoral Commission spokesperson said: \u201cWe regret that sufficient protections were not in place to prevent the cyber-attack on the commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">\u201cAs the ICO has noted and welcomed, since the attack we have made changes to our approach, systems, and processes to strengthen the security and resilience of our systems and will continue to invest in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">\u201cSince the cyber-attack, security and data protection experts \u2013 including the ICO, National Cyber Security Centre and third-party specialists \u2013 have carefully examined the security measures we have put in place and these measures command their confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/08\/uk-electoral-commission-registers-targeted-by-hostile-hackers\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the Electoral Commission said<\/a> hackers had gained access to copies of electoral registers with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote in the UK between 2014 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">The watchdog has now taken steps to improve its security, including by modernising its infrastructure and introducing password policy controls and multi-factor authentication for all users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">China has consistently denied accusations of espionage and wrongdoing. MPs demanded a tougher stance against Beijing after the government\u2019s statement earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">At the time Catherine West, who is now minister for the Indo-Pacific, said she had warned China that a Labour government would act against interference in British democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\">West travelled to Beijing in March for the first meeting between Labour and the Chinese government since Keir Starmer became party leader. 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