The Great Data Heist: China’s Alleged Theft of Voter Data and Its Potential Impact

Chinese-backed hackers allegedly targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the United Kingdom’s electoral watchdog in a comprehensive, state-backed attack on March 25, authorities announced in an announcement on March 25. The attack was aimed at targeting officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists, and the British election watchdog. 

In 2010, China launched Operation Troll to harass critics of the government, steal trade secrets from American corporations, as well as spy on and trace high-level political figures, an operation that began in 2010. Officials say the campaign began in 2010.

During the last election, Western officials sounded a fresh alarm about a country long regarded as having advanced espionage capabilities when they revealed the operation, which was carried out by a hacking group called APT31. 

According to the U.S. Justice Department, seven hackers are being charged with crimes in China, and they are believed to be living there. An official announcement by the British government concerning the breach that may have provided China with access to information on tens of millions of U.K. voters held by the Electoral Commission was that a front company and two defendants had been imposed sanctions by the British government. 

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said that hackers working for the Chinese government were responsible

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