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October 15, 2018 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZTNA1i-XK8M/us-voter-records-from-19-states-is-being-sold-on-a-hacking-forum-threat-intelligence-firms
US Voter Records From 19 States Is Being Sold on a Hacking Forum, Threat Intelligence Firms Say
Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for ZDNet: The voter information for approximately 35 million US citizens is being peddled on a popular hacking forum, two threat intelligence firms have discovered. "To our knowledge this represents the first reference on the criminal underground of actors selling or distributing lists of 2018 voter registration data," said researchers from Anomali Labs and Intel471, the two companies who spotted the forum ad. The two companies said they've reviewed a sample of the database records and determined the data to be valid with a "high degree of confidence." Researchers say the data contains details such as full name, phone numbers, physical addresses, voting history, and other voting-related information. It is worth noting that some states consider this data public and offer it for download for free, but not all states have this policy.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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