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Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor’s Unsecured Databases (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX to c/databreaches

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Social Security numbers, death certificates, voter applications, and other personal data were accessible on the open internet, highlighting the ongoing challenges in election security.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If Illinois works like most other state's purchasing contracts, this is just the lowest bidder doing lowest bidder things.

Source: Have worked civil service and dealt with lowest bidders.