ExpandMyMind Posted August 17, 2017 #1 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Quote A leading US supplier of voting machines confirmed on Thursday that it exposed the personal information of more than 1.8 million Illinois residents. State authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were alerted this week to a major data leak exposing the names, addresses, dates of birth, partial Social Security numbers, and party affiliations of over a million Chicago residents. Some driver’s license and state ID numbers were also exposed. Jon Hendren, who works for the cyber resilience firm UpGuard, discovered the breach on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) device that was not secured by a password. The voter data was then downloaded by cyber risk analyst Chris Vickery who determined Election Systems & Software (ES&S) controlled the data. ES&S provides voting machines and services in at least 42 states. Gizmodo spoke briefly with Chicago officials regarding the matter on Saturday. The city did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday after ES&S posted about the leak on its website. A spokesman for US Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois also confirmed on Saturday that the senator had been made aware of the situation. http://gizmodo.com/us-voting-machine-supplier-leaks-1-8-million-chicago-vo-1797947510 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted August 17, 2017 #2 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Durbin was probably behind it. /sarcasm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted August 17, 2017 #3 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I was part of a leak of about 22 million files from OPM of the Federal government in 2015. It happens... https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted August 18, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted August 18, 2017 11 hours ago, and then said: It happens... That is not the correct reaction to a leak of private information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted August 20, 2017 #5 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I'm outraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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