Story highlights Committee says it does not rule out the possibility an attack caused a Brexit voter registration website to crash"There is no evidence to suggest malign intervention," the UK Cabinet Office saysLondon (CNN) Foreign hacking could have occurred during last year's Brexit referendum but didn't make any difference to the outcome, according to a report published Wednesday by a UK parliamentary committee. Prior to the UK's referendum on leaving the European Union last June, the website for voter registration crashed . The UK government extended the June 7 deadline for voters to register to vote by a day as a result. JUST WATCHED UK triggers Article 50 to begin Brexit Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH UK triggers Article 50 to begin Brexit 03:16Its authors add that they "do not believe that any such interference had any material effect on the outcome of the EU referendum" but say they are "deeply concerned about these allegations about foreign interference." The Cabinet Office on Wednesday firmly denied that any foreign hacking caused the website to crash.

Source: CNN April 12, 2017 11:26 UTC