The UK ICO says the country’s election authority failed to take “basic steps” to protect the personal data of 40M people before a 2021 China-backed cyberattack (Rafe Uddin/Financial Times)

Rafe Uddin / Financial Times:
The UK ICO says the country's election authority failed to take “basic steps” to protect the personal data of 40M people before a 2021 China-backed cyberattack  —  ‘Basic steps’ including updating passwords were missed before 2021 hack, finds Information Commissioner