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07-19-2018, 12:25 PM
Voters' data was left exposed online because of course it was
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Sure, our ballot may be secret. But our voter data? Yeah, not so much.
Our most recent reminder of this disconcerting truth: Bob Diachenko, a self-described cybersecurity enthusiast who works for an IT development firm, discovered (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hundreds-thousands-us-voter-data-appeared-online-again-bob-diachenko/) an online database containing information on thousands of US voters. The apparently misconfigured database, which belonged to a Virginia-based robocalling firm, reportedly included voters' names, addresses, phone numbers, and political affiliation, along with other personal information. **
And it was all there for the taking.*
SEE ALSO: DEF CON's vote-hacking village made us think twice about election security (https://mashable.com/2017/08/01/hacking-elections/) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/18/voter-data-exposed-robocall-company/)
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Sure, our ballot may be secret. But our voter data? Yeah, not so much.
Our most recent reminder of this disconcerting truth: Bob Diachenko, a self-described cybersecurity enthusiast who works for an IT development firm, discovered (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hundreds-thousands-us-voter-data-appeared-online-again-bob-diachenko/) an online database containing information on thousands of US voters. The apparently misconfigured database, which belonged to a Virginia-based robocalling firm, reportedly included voters' names, addresses, phone numbers, and political affiliation, along with other personal information. **
And it was all there for the taking.*
SEE ALSO: DEF CON's vote-hacking village made us think twice about election security (https://mashable.com/2017/08/01/hacking-elections/) Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/18/voter-data-exposed-robocall-company/)
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