Alberta voter data leaked as separatists file signatures for independence vote

<p>Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters’ details, adding to turmoil over push for independence referendum</p><p>Alberta separatists have delivered more than 300,000 signatures to elections officials in western <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada</a>, in support of their attempt to force an independence referendum in Canada’s oil-rich province.</p><p>But the effort stumbled immediately as a separatist-linked group posted the personal data of nearly 3 million residents online in one of the largest data breaches in Canadian history, fomenting fears of a possible political interference crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/canada-voting-data-breach-separatists">Continue reading...</a>