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35 Million Voter Records For Sale on Popular Hacking Forum

posted by mrpg on Wednesday October 17 2018, @07:59AM   
from the Privacy-is-obsolete dept.

RandomFactor writes:

Approximately 35 Million voter registration records from 20 states have appeared for sale online. These records include Full Name, Phone, Address, Voting History and 'other' data. There have been other larger leaks and breaches of voter registration records in the past (for example, in 2015 191 Million were found to be freely accessible online)

Details including the affected states are available here: https://www.anomali.com/blog/estimated-35-million-voter-records-for-sale-on-popular-hacking-forum

Why is our voting history retained beyond the current election? This is especially worrisome if you vote in the wrong primaries in an area that has a prevailing opinion that differs sharply from your own.

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Original Submission

• 20 States? 20 States? (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @10:26AM (4 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @10:26AM (#749893)

  Would these be the same 20 states whose voter rollls were accessed by Russia prior to the 2016 elections? The same 20 states that deny anyone made it past their "security"?

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• Re:20 States? Re:20 States? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:16AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:16AM (#749908)

  I thought it turned out to be DHS running unapproved stress tests?

  https://www.computerworld.com/article/3173032/cybercrime-hacking/indiana-joins-idaho-in-claiming-dhs-tried-to-hack-their-election-systems.html [computerworld.com]

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  • Re:20 States? Re:20 States? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @04:28PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @04:28PM (#750017)

    The "Um ... we are secure because ... um ... it wasn't the Russians, we swear! It was ... um our guys?" deflections of responsibility and accountability are nothing new. There are even states that claim the FBI is lying about the state's systems being on the receiving end of unwanted attention. If the current occupant of the White House has taught us anything, it's "deny deny deny" no matter what proof is staring you in the face.

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    • Re:20 States? Re:20 States? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @06:45PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @06:45PM (#750077)

      So was it the russians or not?

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      • Re:20 States? (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @07:50PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @07:50PM (#750106)

        I sent them an email. I got an "Out of Office" reply, something about a consulate in Istanbul.

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