Election system passwords exposed on Colorado Secretary of State's website
Election system passwords were accidentally exposed on the website of the Colorado Secretary of State in the United States. The number of passwords exposed and the specific response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Colorado Department of State
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Exposure of election system passwords
- Cause / method
- Accidental publication of election system passwords on a website
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataPassword
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
Timeline
- It came to light that election system passwords had been accidentally exposed on the Colorado Secretary of State's website.
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