D.C. election board says records breached, voter data purportedly found on dark web – IOTW Report

D.C. election board says records breached, voter data purportedly found on dark web

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Washington, D.C.’s Board of Election says it is the victim of a data breach, potentially providing access to 600,000 lines of voter data.

The group RansomVC is claimed responsibility for the breach.

The board said it became aware Thursday of the breach, which was made public Friday, according to the news blog DCist.com.

The voter records were accessed through DataNet, a web server used by board, but no internal databases were directly compromised, according to the board.

Local and federal law enforcement agencies – including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security – are investigating the matter. 

It was unclear when the board website will back to running normally. more

9 Comments on D.C. election board says records breached, voter data purportedly found on dark web

  1. In a perfect America our CIA NSA FBI would
    search the world over and hunt these snot nosed
    little hacker shits down and EXTERMINATE them!
    I bet it would not take long for the hacking to
    slow WAY down…..

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  2. “…the FBI and Department of Homeland Security – are investigating the matter.”… Well I for one will sleep better tonight!
    FJB

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