[Dataloss] Chicago Voter Database Hacked

[security curmudgeon]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2601085&page=1

Chicago Voter Database Hacked
Civic Group Claims It Could Have Tampered With Voter Roles
By JAKE TAPPER and REBECCA ABRAHAMS

Oct. 23, 2006 -- As if there weren't enough concerns about the integrity 
of the vote, a non-partisan civic organization today claimed it had hacked 
into the voter database for the 1.35 million voters in the city of 
Chicago.

Bob Wilson, an official with the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project which 
bills itself as a not-for-profit civic organization dedicated to the 
correction of election system deficiencies tells ABC News that last week 
his organization hacked the database, which contains detailed information 
about hundreds of thousands of Chicago voters, including their Social 
Security numbers, and dates of birth.

"It was a serious identity theft problem, but also a problem that could 
potentially create problems with the election," Wilson said.

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