D.C. and federal authorities have launched an investigation into an outside group’s hack of voter records maintained by the D.C. Elections Board (DCBOE).
On Friday, DCBOE announced it had “become aware” that RansomVC, a hacking group, was claiming it had “breached DCBOE’s records and accessed 600,000 lines of US voter data, including DC voter records.” In its initial inquiry into the matter, the board confirmed the authenticity of the breach, acknowledging that records were accessed and the incident occurred through DCBOE’s web server, DataNet.
While the board claimed no “internal DCBOE databases or servers were directly compromised,” DCBOE officials additionally announced they are collaborating with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and other federal offices to probe the matter. In the meantime, DCBOE has closed down its website until further notice and conducted “vulnerability scans” on its IT networks, servers, and databases.
According to The Washington Post , RansomVC (or RansomedVC) […]
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