Category Archives: election data breach

1st Election Security Conference in the US. Where. Who. What. How to Pay for Election Cybersecurity.

Location: West Virginia

Invitees: 55 election clerks representing all counties in West Virginia

Speakers training West Virginia Election Clerks: WV Secretary of State & the Department of Homeland Security

Topic: Cyber security of elections and how to pay for election cybersecurity, which is mostly federal funds

WBOY | WV is the nation’s first state to host the ‘Election Security Conferece’ 

 

Lege TREND. Cost of a Populous State Election Security Bill

The fund allocations from California’s 2018 election security legislation:

  • Federal Funds: $34.5 million
  • 57.9%, $20 million, goes to voter implementation at the county level
  • 11.58%, $4 million goes to VoteCal statewide system updates
  • 13.16%, $4.45 million goes to county voter cyber security
  • 8.69%, $3 million, goes to cybersecurity training for counties
  • 4.53%, $1.56 million, polling place accessibility
  • 2.98%, $1.03 million, personnel costs
  • 1.16%, $400,000, election auditing

KCRA…

Lege TREND. Anatomy of an Election Data Security Veto

State: Illinois

Vetoed legislation: SB 2273 (IL | 2018)  limiting Illinois to participating in 1 interstate voter database system

3 Reasons given for the veto:

  • combat voter fraud by “participation in programs that allow cross-referencing voter information from various states to identify where individuals are and are not eligible to vote”
  • limiting Illinois to one voter fraud program creates inefficiencies and gaps in knowledge
  • limiting the number of the programs for IL to use is not the…

Campaign TREND. Blockchain Voting App Test in West Virginia. 3 Key Points to be Informed.

State:  West Virginia

The blockchain voting pilot program:   secure military mobile voting in two counties

How does the blockcahin voting app work?

  • biometrics to verify voter identity
  • records the vote from the mobile device onto a “chain”
  • the vote is then verified by 3rd party

State Tech | West Virginia Pilots First Blockchain-Powered Federal Voting App 

+1 State Considering Bitcoin Campaign Contributions. 5 Quick Points. Be informed in 5 seconds.

State: Colorado

Proposed Rules for bitcoin campaign contributions will:

  • follow along with the FEC
  • A Colorado Governor candidate was one of the 1st campaigns to accept bitcoin during the candidates congressional run
  • includes accounting rules
  • that liken cryptocurrency to inkind contributions
  • any crypto currency contributions count toward contribution limits

Governing | Should Bitcoin Be Used for Campaign Donations?

5 Points. Texas Cyber Security Experts Tell Texas What to Do.

Which Texas cybersecurity experts signed this letter to the Texas Secretary of State?

  • Scott Aaronson, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
  • Chris Bronk, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
  • Alvaro Cardenas, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Guofei Gu, Associate Professor, Texas A&M
  • Murat Kantarcioglu, Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Jiang Ming, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Dan S. Wallach, Professor, Rice University
  • Brent…

Local TREND. Primary Election Hacked in the Iris State

Local May 2018 election that was hacked:  Knox County, Tennessee primary for mayor &  local races

What kind of hack was used?  A DDoS attack routed through 65 countries

Translation of the hack? A lot of computers from all over the world tried to access the web server for the election from 7pm to 10pm causing the election site to crash

Politico |  WHAT HAPPENED IN TENNESSEE: