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9. The State of Illinois found proof that the Russians had broken into their registration system.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 02:50 AM
Apr 2019

They didn't believe that any data had been altered or deleted, but if the Russians successfully breached the Illinois system they could have done it -- and even changed or deleted registrations -- in other states that were being less watchful.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/illinois-focuses-on-voter-registration-security-for-2018-midterms-in-response-to-2016-russian-breach/

October 29, 2018, 11:20 AM PST

Illinois was one of at least 21 states whose voter registration databases were targeted by Russian hackers in 2016—but it was the only state with a system that was known to have been breached during these attacks.

"We know that hackers successfully broke into Illinois' system—they didn't change any data, but they broke in," said Danielle Root, voting rights manager at the left-leaning Center for American Progress. "But a lot of national security experts believe that 2016 was kind of a testing ground for hackers to see where the vulnerabilities are and how to break-in in the future."

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