The security firm Recorded Future reported that hackers have been found offering log-on credentials for access to computers at the New York Election Assistance Commission. This means that the New York agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards has itself been hacked. Researchers at the company discovered that the Russian-speaking hacker had used SQL injection to obtain more than 100 sets of login details, and that the hacker was trying to sell this information to a Middle Eastern government.
The security firm Recorded Future reported that hackers have been found offering log-on credentials for access to computers at the US Election Assistance Commission. This means that the US agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards has itself been hacked. Researchers at the company discovered that the Russian-speaking hacker had used SQL injection to obtain more than 100 sets of login details, and that the hacker was trying to sell this information to a Middle Eastern government.