Voter records from 19 states are for sale on underground hacker forums, according to research from Anomali and Intel 471 published Monday. The discovery highlights hackers’ ongoing interest in exploiting voter data and certainly marks unauthorized use of the data, but likely can’t be called a breach, depending on how the data was obtained. While the records are being illicitly sold, they’re not necessarily illicitly obtained. In many states, basic voter information, like name, address and party affiliation are public records. However, there are varying restrictions around who is allowed to obtain them, sometimes being limited to journalists, researchers or political campaigns. The researchers estimate the vendors are offering more than 35 million records from the following states: Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The report says the price for a state […]
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