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Officials blame “sophisticated” Russian hackers for voter system attacks | Ars Technica

'The paperless Illinois Voter Registration System (IVRS) was specifically targeted by the attack, Thomas said:On July 13th, once the severity of the attack was realized, as a precautionary measure, the entire IVRS system was shut down, including online voter registration. '

'The Illinois breach was described in detail by a message to county election officials by Kyle Thomas of the Illinois State Board of Elections. '

'The attack did not gain access to any state or county voter registration system, but the username and password of a single election official was stolen. ', "For what it's worth, voter registration rolls in Illinois are public records, supplied widely to campaigns and other organizations for direct-mail campaigns."

'The characterization of the attack on the Illinois system as "highly sophisticated" doesn't necessarily match the techniques described by the FBI Cyber Division's memorandum. '

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