FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets
FBI Warns Colin Lecher / The Verge : Harry Reid asks FBI to investigate potential Russian election tampering PYMNTS.com : Hackers Aimed At State Election Boards, According To FBI Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : FBI flash alert says foreign hackers compromised state election systems Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post : Russian hackers targeted Arizona election system Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Oopsy: FBI alert reveals election systems in two states have been hacked Andy Greenberg / Wired : Hack Brief: As FBI Warns Election Sites Got Hacked, All Eyes Are on Russia Elliot Hannon / Slate : FBI Warns Foreign Hackers Have Targeted State Voter Registration Systems David E. Sanger / New York Times : Harry Reid Cites Evidence of Russian Tampering in U.S. Vote, and Seeks F.B.I. Inquiry East-West Digital News : US officials suspect Russia behind computer hacking in two state election databases Office of Inadequate Security : Illinois, Arizona election officials report voter registration database intrusions Catalin Cimpanu / Softpedia News : FBI: Foreign Hackers Breached Two US State Election Databases Associated Press : The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security … Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica : After Illinois hack, FBI warns of more attacks on state election board systems Evann Gastaldo / Newser : FBI: Election Systems Hacked in 2 States Kate Conger / TechCrunch : FBI says state election boards targeted by hackers Patrick Howley / Breitbart : FBI: State Election Boards Were Hacked Kaveh Waddell / The Atlantic : How Electronic Voting Could Undermine the Election Mike Masnick / Techdirt : FBI Says Foreign Hackers Got Into Election Computers Iain Thomson / The Register : FBI: Look out - hackers are breaking into US election board systems Tweets: Marc Andreessen / @pmarca : One of these days, FBI is going to have to decide whether they want us to strengthen or weaken computer security. http://www.reuters.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : “the intrusion into the Illinois database marks the first succesful compromise of a state election database” http://twitter.com/...