An ExpressPoll-5000 voting machine, sold on eBay in the US, was found to contain unencrypted, unprotected personal data of 650,000 voters based in Shelby County in Tennessee, according to white hat hackers who bought the machine for this year's Def Con conference. They revealed the data, which was not password protected, that included names, addresses, birthdays and political party affiliations of voters. Suzanne Thompson Cozza, a spokeswoman for the Shelby County Elections Commission said it was "aware of the allegations about the happenings at Def Con, and we are currently looking into it."
An ExpressPoll-5000 voting machine, sold on eBay in the US, was found to contain unencrypted, unprotected personal data of more than 650,000 voters based in Shelby County in Tennessee, according to white hat hackers who bought the machine for this year's Def Con conference. They revealed the data, which was not password protected, that included names, addresses, birthdays and political party affiliations of voters. Suzanne Thompson Cozza, a spokeswoman for the Shelby County Elections Commission said it was "aware of the allegations about the happenings at Def Con, and we are currently looking into it."