With local elections occurring in many jurisdictions across Australia in October, we publish a story from ProPublica on the vulnerability of email systems in county, shire, and town offices. In this case study from central Texas, numerous small locales appear to have taken few security measures, and paid a terrible price.
Last week, voters and election administrators who emailed Leanne Jackson, the clerk of rural Hamilton County in central Texas, received bureaucratic-looking replies. “Re: official precinct results,” one subject line read.
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