CISA and the FBI have released a joint statement to reassure the public that the agencies have seen no cyberattacks on voter registration databases this year, following news reports about Michigan voter data appearing on a Russian hacking forum.
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September 03, 2020
Fortunately, the FBI and CISA didn’t find signs of a compromise in this instance, but registered voters will still need to be on the lookout for bad actors attempting to use the information gleaned from these publicly available databases to obtain even more information about their targets. It is sad to believe that in this day and age that simply registering to exercise your right to vote can make you the target of hackers.
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September 03, 2020
It's remarkably easy to get one's hands on voter databases in most states. Many of them are available to the public, including Michigan. However, even though there are rules about how the data can be used, rules can be broken. Those who legitimately request voter data are responsible for securing it, and not everyone has the same standards of security. I wouldn't be surprised if we see more voter databases in the hands of foreign threat actors before the 2020 general election.
September 03, 2020
Every election network should be instrumented with a network security monitoring platform that creates an audit record of all activity on the wire. It's not enough to install security devices that only try to stop malicious activity or create alerts on suspicious activity. It's also important to have a neutral record of how the election network was used, not only for analysis at the time of the election, but as evidence to prove in the future that the elections were not subjected to tampering.
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