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Stolen laptops affect 337,000 Davidson County voters

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2007-12-29 11:30:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...voters Number Affected 337,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, addresses and telephone numbers Breach Description A pair of laptop computers containing sensitive personal information belonging to 337,000 registered Davidson County, Tennessee voters was stolen from the Davidson County Election Commission office during the...
 
Tags: voters, davidson county voters, davidson county, tennessee voters, information technology department, information, voters monitor, sensitive personal information, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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More trustworthy election systems via SDL?

2008-02-04 23:34:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...voters intent. In theory, such precision can be improved by using computers and technology However, it seems that every recent election season brings stories in the media about security concerns regarding voting machine (and their software) security. A recent New York Times article provides a good overview of voting machine security concerns;...
 
Tags: machine security concerns, security concerns, election systems, election, security, security researchers, election systems margin, margin, election management system
 
 
 
 
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Nashville laptop theft may cost $1 million

2008-01-14 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The theft of a laptop containing Social Security numbers of Nashville, Tennessee, area voters is expected to cost local officials about US$1 million as they roll out identity-theft protection to those affected
 
Tags: theft, identity-theft protection, cost local officials, laptop, nashville, social security, us1 million, roll, voters
 
 
 
 
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Who says Politics doesn't pay and why can't I find clients with pockets this deep?

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2008-01-21 21:10:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...voters as idiots. I use the Washington Post article of 1/17/08 as a prime example. Staff writer Carrie Johnson writes in the Business section that GAO investigators will look into "NO-BID Contracts" irregularities involving the Justice Department This all came about when a firm led by the former Attorney General, John D. Ashcroft, drew...
 
Tags: zimmer, zimmer products, zimmer frames, million dollars, firm, firm deliver, zimmer stops, resolve kickback allegations, contracts
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania pulls plug on voter site after data leak

2008-03-19 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
With voting in Pennsylvania's presidential primary just a month away, the state was forced to pull the plug on a voter registration Web site Tuesday after it was found to be exposing sensitive data about voters in the state
 
Tags: plug, presidential primary, pennsylvania, sensitive data, pull, month, voters
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania pulls plug on voter site after data leak

2008-03-19 12:27:41 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A voter-registration site run by the state of Pennsylvania has been found to leak sensitive personal data about voters, necessitating its shutdown with just a month to go before that state's critical primary
 
Tags: site, critical primary, pennsylvania, month, shutdown, voters
 
 
 
 
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Voters trust touch-screen machines, studies show

2008-03-26 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Two new studies show that Americans are becoming more comfortable with the use of e-voting equipment during elections, but critics of the systems said the studies missed the point by not considering security issues
 
Tags: studies, security issues, elections, americans, comfortable, systems, critics, equipment
 
 
 
 
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Latest linking of Senator Obama to a '70's terrorist may damage his reputation.

2008-05-12 00:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...voters may not be so forgiving, especially when they realize that Ayers has recently made comments to the effect that he does not regret planting bombs and thinks he did not do enough. He even went so far as to state that he can not entirely dismiss the idea of planting a bomb today Last week during training of an Executive Protection class...
 
Tags: senator, senator obama, william, william ayers, ayers, weather underground, weather underground organization, vietnam war, terrorism
 
 
 
 
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Evaluating Electronic Voting Systems Equipped with Voter-Verified Paper Records

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...voters can read and verify. In this article, the authors report on their analysis and testing of one US state's criteria for direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines equipped with voter-verified paper-record (VVPR) systems. The criteria and analysis cover various categories, including privacy, security, verification, integrity,...
 
Tags: systems, electronic, paper records, discuss issues, analysis, issues, analysis cover, authors report, criteria