Behauptung
Falsch
“The crash of the UK voter registration website before the 2016 EU referendum deadline was a cyberattack”
Geprüft am September 22, 2026
Urteil
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.
Was die Belege zeigen
Offizieller BerichtElectoral CommissionSeptember 2016
Das EU-Referendum 2016 — Bericht über das Referendum vom 23. Juni 2016 zur Mitgliedschaft des Vereinigten Königreichs in der Europäischen UnionOriginalArchiviert
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Published September 22, 2026
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