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Database of 191 Million US Voters Exposed On Internet (reuters.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-your-business dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Researcher Chris Vickery has discovered an incorrectly configured database that exposes the details of 191 million U.S. voters. Reuters reports: "While voter data is typically considered public information, it would be time-consuming and expensive to gather a database of all American voters. A trove of all U.S. voter data could be valuable to criminals looking for lists of large numbers of targets for a variety of fraud schemes. 'The alarming part is that the information is so concentrated,' said Vickery."

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  1. Re:In other news... by khasim · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a difference. From TFA:

    The database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, researcher Chris Vickery said in a phone interview.

    So "spear phising" just got a LOT easier.

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  2. Re:Government doing what government knows best... by frovingslosh · · Score: 1, Informative

    Looking at your list of "accomplishments" it is very hard to determine if you are being serious or sarcastic. I certainly could argue against a lot of them.

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