Research notes
11-page assessment or report with 3,028 machine-extracted words; mentions Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security; strongest indexed terms: voter registration, Russia, ballots, China / PRC.
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Recognizing and Addressing Threats to Statewide Voter Recently declassified records revealed that China breached multiple state voter registration systems prior to the 2020 election. Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. Unclassified reports from the last decade reveal that Statewide Voter Registration Databases (VRDB) are attractive targets for foreign adversaries.1 Hackers have attempted to breach voter registration systems in all 50 states, with confirmed successes in at least 20 states. However, experts have routinely minimized the significance of successful voter registration breaches and the exposure of sensitive personal data used for voter verification. This failure to identify and accurately…
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Agencies mentioned in indexed text
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyFederal Bureau of InvestigationDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Justice
Indexed topics
voter registration · 32Russia · 10ballots · 10China / PRC · 7cybersecurity · 7data compromise · 5vulnerabilities · 5voting systems · 4election infrastructure · 3voter data · 2
Date strings found
February 10, 2020
Markings detected
Declassification markedFor Official Use Only marking