Friday, June 23, 2017

the Republicans are coming, the Republicans are coming!

“They’re using this information to create political dossiers on individuals that are now available for anyone. These political data firms might as well be working for the Russians.”
-- Jeffrey Chester, executive director, Center for Digital Democracy
Detailed information on nearly every U.S. voter — including in some cases their ethnicity, religion and views on political issues — was left exposed online for two weeks by a political consultancy that works for the Republican National Committee and other GOP clients. 

The data offered a strikingly complete picture of the voting histories and political leanings of the American electorate laid out in an easily downloadable format, said cybersecurity researcher Chris Vickery. He discovered the unprotected files of 198 million voters in a routine scan of the Internet last week and alerted law enforcement officials.

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