Voter registration ‘a huge target’ for ransomware

StateScoop: State and local election officials manage their voter registration databases using several pieces of software known to be favorite targets of ransomware actors, a leading ransomware analyst said during a webinar Thursday.

Allan Liska, of the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, said that many voter files are hosted on Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database software, with many end-user devices still running on operating systems that are no longer supported by their manufacturers, like Windows 7.

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