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Hackers Hit Web Hosting Provider Linked to Oregon Elections
US News and World Report ^ | 05/10/2022 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/10/2022 2:01:32 PM PDT by aimhigh

A week before Oregon’s primary election, the secretary of state’s office is moving to protect the integrity of its online system where campaign finance records are published after a web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s office said people inputting records into the ORESTAR state campaign finance reporting system may have been affected, and have been sent detailed instructions on how to proceed.

“The Oregon Secretary of State has not been hacked,” Fagan's office reassured voters in a statement late Monday. “No sensitive data on our systems has been exposed. No systems related to elections administration have been compromised.”

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: election
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1 posted on 05/10/2022 2:01:32 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

“The Oregon Secretary of State has not been hacked”

How can that be if it’s full of hacks from the top on down?


2 posted on 05/10/2022 2:04:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: aimhigh

web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.
( aka hacked )

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has not been hacked,” Fagan’s office reassured voters

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Morons or liars.

Or both.


3 posted on 05/10/2022 3:04:29 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: aimhigh

Isn’t it Washington state that allows online voting? Just wonderful.


4 posted on 05/10/2022 3:24:36 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: aimhigh

And if there was a hack and the records were accessed you can bet the only records that will be released to the public will be those from contributors to conservative causes and candidates.


5 posted on 05/10/2022 4:00:57 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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