At a glance
Organisation
Electoral Commission (UK)
Kind
Breach or incident
Sector
Government
Severity
Critical
Disclosed
Aug 2023
Indexed
8 Aug 2023
Source
Not linked
Summary
40M voter records exposed for over a year, names, addresses of all UK registered voters
This record says what was disclosed, when and by whom. It does not say that any person or firm was affected.
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