Whistleblower tells the BBC the election watchdog failed the government-backed Cyber Essentials test.
The Electoral Commission has confirmed it failed a basic cyber-security test around the same time hackers gained entry to the organisation.
The unnamed attackers accessed Electoral Commission email correspondence and could have viewed databases containing the names and addresses of 40 million registered voters, including millions of those not on public registers.
One of the reasons it failed the test was that about 200 staff laptops were running obsolete and potentially insecure software. Cyber-security consultant Daniel Card has helped many organisations become Cyber Essentials compliant and says it is too early to determine whether or not the failures highlighted in the audit allowed hackers to get in.
The NCSC promotes Cyber Essentials certification, saying that "vulnerability to basic attacks can mark you out as a target for more in-depth unwanted attention from cyber-criminals and others".
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