America decides 2020: Iranian APT Actors obtained voter registration data
Admin l Tuesday, November 03, 2020
WASHINGTON, U.S – The Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI have worked with other state and local election partners to determine how Iranian actors obtained data on American voters.
“We have since determined that Iran conducted a broad effort to look for vulnerable state and local systems nationwide. We have also identified one state where Iranian cyber actors were able to make a misconfigured state website reveal non-public voter data”, CISA and FBI said in a joint statement.
According to them, the state has indicated the website has now been fixed. “Based on our analysis, this would not have given them access to alter any voter data in the state system.
“Election officials were subsequently briefed and an alert with additional technical detail was issued to enable network defenders to better protect their systems from malicious actors. We will continue to scrutinize this issue and stay on alert for any malicious activity”, they said.
They encouraged all citizens to remain vigilant and verify information using trusted sources. Visit CISA.gov/rumorcontrol to learn more about how your vote is protected.
