Alegação
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“The crash of the UK voter registration website before the 2016 EU referendum deadline was a cyberattack”
Revisado em 22 de setembro de 2026
Veredito
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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Relatório oficialElectoral Commissionsetembro de 2016
O referendo da UE de 2016 — relatório sobre o referendo de 23 de junho de 2016 relativo à adesão do Reino Unido à União EuropeiaOriginalArquivado
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Published 22 de setembro de 2026
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