Ain’t it fun to find out that nearly a year later there have been so many gaping holes for hackers to use to get into our voter/election databases. The other day we learned of Illinois’ massive data breach and now Georgia’s – PB/TK
Security failure left nearly 7 million Georgia voter records exposed, researcher finds – AP/ June 15 2017
A security researcher disclosed a gaping security hole at the outfit that manages Georgia’s election technology, days before the state holds a closely watched congressional runoff vote on June 20.
The security failure left the state’s 6.7 million voter records and other sensitive files exposed to hackers, and may have been left unpatched for seven months. The revealed files might have allowed attackers to plant malware and possibly rig votes or wreak chaos with voter rolls during elections.
Georgia is especially vulnerable to such disruption, as the entire state relies on antiquated touchscreen voting machines that provide no hardcopy record of votes, making it all but impossible to tell if anyone has manipulated the tallies.
Continue to foxnews.com article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/15/security-failure-left-nearly-7-million-georgia-voter-records-exposed-researcher-finds.html
