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Voting records of Illinois residents exposed by contractor's unsecured database

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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The personal information of millions of Illinois residents, including those in Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, and Winnebago counties, were exposed in an unsecured database in July. According to Capitol News Illinois, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler identified the vulnerability, saying voting records, registration, death records, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and addresses of 4.6 million people were temporarily availa…

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Voting records of Illinois residents exposed by contractor's unsecured database

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The personal information of millions of Illinois residents, including those in Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, and Winnebago counties, were exposed in an unsecured database in July. According to Capitol News Illinois, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler identified the vulnerability, saying voting records, registration, death records, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and addresses of 4.6 million people were temporarily availa…

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Contractor’s unsecured databases exposed sensitive voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties

Around 4.6 million records associated with Illinoisans in over a dozen counties — including voting records, registrations and death certificates — were temporarily available on the open internet, according to a security researcher who identified the vulnerability in July.

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Adams: Contractor’s unsecured databases exposed sensitive voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Around 4.6 million records associated with Illinoisans in over a dozen counties – including voting records, registrations and death certificates – were temporarily available on the open internet, according to a security researcher who identified the vulnerability in July. The documents were available through an unsecured cloud storage platform. They included Social Security …

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Contractor’s unsecured databases exposed sensitive voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties – Capitol News IL

Election security experts said the breach is unlikely to affect the upcoming election but could make affected individuals susceptible to identity theft. The documents on an unsecured cloud storage platform included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and voter registration history.

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Contractor’s unsecured databases exposed sensitive voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties

Examples of redacted documents found by Jeremiah Fowler in unsecured databases. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois) By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Around 4.6 million records associated with Illinoisans in over a dozen counties – including voting records, registrations and death certificates – were temporarily available on the open internet, according to a security researcher who identified t…

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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Millions of Illinois election records were exposed by contractor’s unsecured databasesCapitolFax.com

* WIRED last month… Databases containing sensitive voter information from multiple counties in Illinois were openly accessible on the internet, revealing 4.6 million records that included driver’s license numbers as well as full and partial Social Security Numbers and documents like death certificates. Longtime security researcher Jeremiah Fowler stumbled upon one of the databases that appeared [...]

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