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US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Dissent

Dell Cameron reports:

A leading US supplier of voting machines confirmed on Thursday that it exposed the personal information of more than 1.8 million Illinois residents.

State authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were alerted this week to a major data leak exposing the names, addresses, dates of birth, partial Social Security numbers, and party affiliations of over a million Chicago residents. Some driver’s license and state ID numbers were also exposed.

Read more on Gizmodo.


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