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Chicago Voter Database Hacked]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:26:27 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> Date: October 24, 2006 7:47:49 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Fwd: [fergdawg () netzero net: [funsec] Chicago Voter Database Hacked]
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From: Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:39:45 GMT To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Chicago Voter Database Hacked Via ABC News. [snip] As if there weren't enough concerns about the integrity of the vote, a non-partisan civic organization today claimed it had hacked into the voter database for the 1.35 million voters in the city of Chicago. Bob Wilson, an official with the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project ? which bills itself as a not-for-profit civic organization dedicated to the correction of election system deficiencies ? tells ABC News thatlast week his organization hacked the database, which contains detailedinformation about hundreds of thousands of Chicago voters, including their Social Security numbers, and dates of birth."It was a serious identity theft problem, but also a problem that couldpotentially create problems with the election," Wilson said. A nefarious hacker could have changed every voter's status from active to inactive, which would have prevented them from voting, he said. [snip] More: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2601085 - ferg
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