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Voters’ personal details stolen in cyber attack.

The Electoral Commission has revealed that they have been the subject of a ‘complex attack’ and hackers have accessed electoral registers. Â鶹Éç cyber correspondent Joe Tidy and Mihaela Jembei from the Information Commissioner’s Office join Adam to discuss what we know so far, and who could be behind the breach.

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