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Sensitive Illinois Voter Data Exposed by Contractor's Unsecured Databases

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Summary
Nutrition label

84% Informative

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found 4.6 million voter records exposed on the internet.

The exposed records included driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers and death certificates.

None of the exposed databases were password protected nor required any type of authentication to access.

Many counties in Illinois use Platinum Technology Resource as an election services provider, including DeKalb .

VR Score

85

Informative language

85

Neutral language

60

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

76

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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