Claim
False
“The crash of the UK voter registration website before the 2016 EU referendum deadline was a cyberattack”
Reviewed September 22, 2026
Verdict
False. The collapse hours before the June 2016 deadline was caused by exceptional demand, not an attack. Parliament legislated to extend the deadline in response.
What the evidence shows
Official reportElectoral CommissionSeptember 2016
The 2016 EU referendum — report on the 23 June 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European UnionOriginalArchived
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Published September 22, 2026
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