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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. election agency charged with ballot security breached by hackers after vote
Just Comella @starfirst 2h2 hours agoU.S. election agency breached by hackers after vote http://reut.rs/2hTopEG via @Reuters
The U.S. agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards was itself penetrated by a hacker after the November elections, according to a security firm working with law enforcement on the matter.
The security firm, Recorded Future, was monitoring underground electronic markets where hackers buy and sell wares and discovered someone offering log-on credentials for access to computers at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, company executives said.
Posing as a potential buyer, the researchers engaged in a conversation with the hacker, said Levi Gundert, vice president of intelligence at the company, and Andrei Barysevich, director of advanced collection.
Eventually they discovered that the Russian-speaking hacker had obtained the credentials of more than 100 people at the election commission after exploiting a common database vulnerability, the researchers said.
The Election Assistance Commission said in a statement late Thursday that it had become aware of a "potential intrusion" and was "working with federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the potential breach and its effects."
"The FBI is currently conducting an ongoing criminal investigation," the statement added.
read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-hack-commission-idUSKBN1442VC
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U.S. election agency charged with ballot security breached by hackers after vote (Original Post)
bigtree
Dec 2016
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inanna
(3,547 posts)1. Kicking
blm
(113,041 posts)2. nothing to see..no major media discussions
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sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)3. No shocker this comes from Reuters, our media sucks.
bigtree
(85,986 posts)4. Election Assistance Commission
Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)
The Hill @thehill 13m13 minutes agoElection Assistance Commission warns it may have been hacked: http://hill.cm/qyTcMEE