The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies (Joe Tidy/BBC)

Joe Tidy / BBC: The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies  —  The UK's elections watchdog says it's taken three years and at least a quarter of a million pounds to fully recover …

Sep 9, 2025 - 13:04
The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies (Joe Tidy/BBC)
Joe Tidy / BBC: The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies  —  The UK's elections watchdog says it's taken three years and at least a quarter of a million pounds to fully recover …