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Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases
Social Security numbers, death certificates, voter applications, and other personal information was accessible on the open internet, highlighting the ongoing challenges in election security.
“We have evidence of a claim the file storage containing voter registration documents may have been scanned,” Platinum wrote, adding that the exposed databases do not indicate a deeper compromise of its systems. Fowler points out that while the exposed information would potentially make impacted individuals more susceptible to identity theft and other scams, it could also be abused to submit multiple absentee ballot requests or to conduct other suspicious activity that could call a voter's legitimate vote into question and take time to reconcile. But he adds that the death certificates and other documentation contained in the trove reflects the work election officials do all over the country to manage voter registrations and ensure that everyone's vote is accurately counted.
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