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Assessing the Risk, Damage After IL Voter Rolls Hacked

The State Board of Elections computer hack may have been smaller than first thought.

Aired 09/05/2016 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Assessing the Risk, Damage After IL Voter Rolls Hacked

Clip: 9/5/2016 | 8m 34sVideo has Closed Captions

The State Board of Elections computer hack may have been smaller than first thought.

The Illinois State Board of Elections’ initial report on a data breach that took place between June and July was that 200,000 Illinois voters information was hacked, possibly by a foreign cyberattacker. That number has since been downscaled to 90,000. Some 700 records were definitively viewed and another 86,000 records are strongly suspected of being viewed. What information was exposed?

Aired 09/05/2016 | Rating NR

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