The UK data watchdog says weak passwords and unpatched software were responsible for the hack.
Personal details of millions of UK voters were left "vulnerable to hackers" because passwords were not changed and software not updated, the UK's data privacy watchdog has found.by the Information Commissioners Office over the security lapse.
"As 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," it said in a statement. To carry out the attack, hackers impersonated a legitimate user account and exploited a number of publicly known security weaknesses in software used by the commission.
The commission also did not have an "appropriate" policy in place to ensure employees were using secure passwords.
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