Report: Hackers Infiltrated State Election Systems

Report: Hackers Infiltrated State Election Systems
A student from an engineering school attends, on Meudon, west of Paris, overnight on March 16, 2013, the first edition of the Steria Hacking Challenge. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Hackers have penetrated two state election databases in the past several weeks, according to an alert by the FBI’s Cyber Division. 

The alert, which was first obtained by Yahoo News, showed that the Board of Elections websites in two states were attacked from a series of IP-addresses.

Citing sources familiar with the report, Yahoo reported that the two states in question are Arizona and Illinois. In Illinois the attack forced officials to close down the voter registration system for 10 days in July after hackers downloaded personal information on as many as 200,000 voters.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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