In a shocking discovery, cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler had recently uncovered a trove of over 4.6 million sensitive voter data and election documents that were left vulnerable and exposed online. The documents, which included voter records, ballot templates, and other election-related materials, were found in 13 unprotected databases managed by the Illinois-based technology contractor.
According to the researcher’s findings, the databases belonged to a company called Platinum Technology Resource, which provides election technology and services to counties across Illinois. By simply replacing the county name in the database URLs, the researcher was able to identify additional exposed databases, some of which were password-protected but still at risk of unauthorized access.
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