Re: Chicago Voter Database Hacked

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

Why would someone admit in the media that they may have violated the Federal 
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?  I don't get it.

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
To: <funsec () linuxbox org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:39 AM
Subject: [funsec] Chicago Voter Database Hacked


> Via ABC News.
>
> [snip]
>
> 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.
>
> A nefarious hacker could have changed every voter's status from active
> to inactive, which would have prevented them from voting, he said.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2601085
>
> - ferg
>
>
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> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
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