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Related: About this forumMillions of Texas voter records exposed online
A massive trove of voter records containing personal information on millions of Texas residents has been found online.
The data a single file containing an estimated 14.8 million records was left on an unsecured server without a password. Texas has 19.3 million registered voters.
Its the latest exposure of voter data in a long string of security incidents that have cast doubt on political parties abilities to keep voter data safe at a time where nation states are actively trying to influence elections.
TechCrunch obtained a copy of the file, which was first found by a New Zealand-based data breach hunter who goes by the pseudonym Flash Gordon. Its not clear who owned the server where the exposed file was found, but an analysis of the data reveals that it was likely originally compiled by Data Trust, a Republican-focused data analytics firm created by the GOP to provide campaigns with voter data.
Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at security firm UpGuard, analyzed a portion of the data. (It was Vickery who found a larger trove of 198 million voter records last year exposed by a similar data firm Deep Root Analytics, which sourced much of its data from Data Trust.)
A spokesperson for Data Trust declined to comment on the record
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/millions-of-texas-voter-records-exposed-online/
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(22,252 posts)to confirm our registration is still effective.
https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/
This will tell you if your registration is still on the books, and if you need to change your address if you have changed counties.
If you moved within the county you can early vote anywhere, or vote on Election Day in your home precinct, which will be on this list.
If you have changed counties, you must either go back to your home county to vote, or register to vote in your new county!!!