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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Database leak exposes 191M voter registration records; FedScoop.com, 12/30/15

Greg Otto, FedScoop.com; Database leak exposes 191M voter registration records:
"A white hat security researcher discovered a database filled with voter registration records on 191 million Americans — and that anyone with an Internet connection and the right IP address can access it...
"It seems like a whole country’s worth of registered voters information would be a national security issue.”
FBI and DHS issued a “no comment” when asked about the voter database.
How voter information is protected varies by state. Some have no restrictions in place, while others prohibit commercial use or require the data be used for only political purposes."