Partial Breach of Election Machine Passwords in Colorado Poses No Risk, State Says

Partial passwords for election machines that were accidentally leaked on the Colorado secretary of state’s website pose no threat to the system’s security, the secretary’s office said in a statement on Tuesday night.

The passwords, which were exposed on a hidden tab in a spreadsheet online, were first revealed in a letter by Hope Scheppelman, the vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party. The passwords became visible when a user downloaded a voting systems inventory spreadsheet and clicked “unhide.”

According to an affidavit that accompanied Ms. Scheppelman’s letter, the passwords had been exposed since at least August.

But while the breach of password data is likely to erode confidence and invite disinformation in Colorado, there are multiple layers of security to protect the integrity of election machines in the state.



https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/colorado-election-passwords-breach.html