UK to link voter data hack to China - BBC News
The attacks on the Electoral Commission took place in August 2021 but were only revealed last year.
Several MPs and peers who have been critical of Beijing are thought to have also been targeted in cyber-attacks.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will address Parliament on Monday about the threat.
The BBC understands other Western nations will set out similar concerns.
Acknowledging the attacks last August, the Electoral Commission said unspecified “hostile actors” had gained access to copies of the electoral registers and broken into its emails and “control systems”, but added that it had neither had any impact on any elections nor anyone’s registration status.
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