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Researcher chris vickery said the database carries 300 gigabytes of information going as far back as 2000 and contains each voters. The mysterious, insecure database is currently configured for public access. Database of 191 million us voters exposed on internet. Dec 29, 2015 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. According to the bangor daily news, secretary of state charlie summers said they strongly suspect that some information was accessed. A voter database is a database containing information on voters for the purpose of assisting a political party or an individual politician, in their get out the vote gotv efforts and other areas of the campaign. If they found the database, scammers and marketing folk alike will likely benefit most. Database configuration issues expose 191 million voter records cso. A misconfigured database has led to the disclosure of 191 million voter records. The database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of.
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Personal data and nonpublic information on almost 60 percent of us citizens was available online because of a misconfigured database. The use of voter databases has been established in political campaigns from local school board to national elections. In the 2004 presidential election in the united states, the republican party used the voter vault platform and the democratic party used datamart. Voter database mysteriously appears online, in the. Feb, 2019 191 million us voter registration records leaked in mystery database feb, 2019 breaking news, in the news, latest news a whitehat hacker has uncovered a database sitting on the web containing various pieces of personal information related to 191 million american citizens registered to vote. A misconfigured database has led to the disclosure of 191 million voter. A voter database is a database containing information on voters for the purpose of assisting a. Political campaign software provides financial and management tools, contribution tracking, a voter database, and other features to help political candidates. Dec 28, 2015 191 million us voters data exposed online in database mishap. More than 191 million us voters records have been discovered online by security researchers and reporters. Researcher chris vickery uncovered database with 191,337,174 million americans voter info exposed due to incorrectly.
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But thanks to someones carelessness, it was free to anyone who could find what vickery did. Recently an open us voter database leak was discovered by chris vickery, a white hat hacker. However, the revelation made by security researchers chris vickery, steve ragan, and made us shiver with anxiety. The database, discovered by researcher chris vickery, doesnt seem to have an owner. Campaigns can then merge this information with the other data they. Voter databases vary from state to state there is no federal agency.
Massive trove of us voter data discovered on web cnet. An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open internet due to an incorrectly configured database, he said. The ceo of political software maker nationbuilder released a statement monday in response to vickerys discovery. All signs point to an organization called united in purpose. In what is likely a display of incompetence rather than malice, a database of 191 million us voters has been discovered to be exposed to the public, and can be accessed by anyone if they know how to find it. I believe this is every registered voter in the entire country. White hat hacker chris vickery happened upon the leaky system and sent csos steve ragan. Reuters an independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open internet due to an incorrectly configured database. Database of 191 million voters exposed to the public techraptor. Dec 28, 2015 a texas security researcher says the voter registration data of 191 million americans has been exposed on the internet by a misconfigured server owned by an unidentified data aggregator.
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I have recently downloaded voter registration records for 191 million americans from a leaky database. A huge database of 191 million us citizens is uncovered. A security researcher claims hes found an internetconnected leaky database that apparently is storing voter registration records for 191 million americans. The security experts have just identified a misconfigured database, consisting of personal details of exactly 191,337,174 us voters, or over 300 gb worth of data. The personal data of 191 million voters has been publicly exposed on the internet in a database breach, security bloggers and researchers have claimed. Dec 29, 2015 an independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open internet due to an incorr. Voterverifiable paper records vvprs printed by voting machines are not as good. Polis app is a canvassing software for campaigning and doortodoor sales. A database of this information from 191 million voter records was. Dec 29, 2015 an internetfacing voter database that contained over 191 million voter registration records for u.
Voters was leaked online, says security researcher the same researcher has reported more than two dozen data leaks this year, from insurance and security records to a list. But this is not the first time when the database of american voters has been leaked online. It is believed that the database is supposed to be private, but is only publicly accessible because it is configured improperly. The data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, party.
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