4 Points from Techies About the Texas Voter Record Exposure
- a single file containing an estimated 14.8 million records was left unsecured, without a password, online
- File ownership is not clear but is likely “Data Trust, a Republican-focused data analytics firm created by the GOP”
- data includes fields that might score an individual’s believed views on immigration, hunting, abortion rights, government spending and views on the Second Amendment
- data also includes additional personal information, such as a person’s phone numbers and their ethnicity and race
Tech Crunch | Millions of Texas Voters Records Exposed Online