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191 Million Voters' Data Exposed Online

OH NO

Texas security researcher finds.

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A Texas-based security researcher says that the voter registration data of 191 million people has been exposed on the Internet. The database, says researcher Chris Vickery, contains voter information from all 50 states. “It’s still open to the Internet," he told Politico. "Anyone in the entire world with no authentication can access this thing." Vickery has notified the FBI, Politico reports.

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