NC: Possible cyberattack hits Wake election software vendor, leaving poll workers’ data exposed
Wake County, North Carolina has suspended its use of an elections software vendor following a possible cyberattack. Election officials say voting machines, ballots, voter registration data, and vote-counting systems were not affected, but information about poll workers may have been exposed.
Why this matters: This did not touch votes or voter rolls, but it did hit the people who run elections on the ground. Poll workers are private citizens doing a civic job. They did not sign up to have their personal data sitting in a vendor's system waiting to get hit. Elections depend on attracting and keeping those volunteers. When vendors that support election infrastructure get breached, the damage is not always to the vote count. Sometimes it is to the people willing to show up and run the polls.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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