Millions of Americans' voter info is offered up for sale in Russia
Voter information for millions of Americans is being offered for free on a Russian hacking website, the Moscow-based business newspaper Kommersant reported earlier this week. Kommersant reportedly found a database containing information on 7.6 million registered voters in Michigan being advertised on a Russian hacking forum on the darknet. The forum touted that the data contains birthdates, addresses, voter identification number and polling station numbers, according to the newspaper.
Russian security firm Infowatch confirmed the authenticity of the database to Kommersant and determined it was first leaked in late 2019, the newspaper reported. Other databases being offered on the site contain voter information for residents of Connecticut, Arkansas, Florida and North Carolina, according to the newspaper.