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“The crash of the UK voter registration website before the 2016 EU referendum deadline was a cyberattack”
Revisado 22 de septiembre de 2026
Veredicto
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.
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Informe oficialElectoral Commissionseptiembre de 2016
El referéndum de la UE de 2016 — informe sobre el referéndum del 23 de junio de 2016 sobre la pertenencia del Reino Unido a la Unión EuropeaOriginalArchivado
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Published 22 de septiembre de 2026
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