The Colorado Secretary of State’s Workplace mistakenly posted a spreadsheet to its web site with a hidden tab that included voting system passwords on Wednesday.
The Colorado Division of State issued a press release and acknowledged it was conscious of the state of affairs.
“The Colorado Division of State is conscious {that a} spreadsheet positioned on the Division’s web site improperly included a hidden tab together with partial passwords to sure parts of Colorado voting techniques. This doesn’t pose a right away safety risk to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impression how ballots are counted,” the assertion learn.Â
The Colorado Secretary of State spokesperson informed FOX31 that the partial passwords leaked do “not pose a right away risk to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impression how ballots are counted.”
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The state workplace stated that Colorado elections embody many layers of safety and embody two distinctive passwords for each election gear element, that are stored in separate locations and held by totally different events.Â
“It goes with out saying how vital that is,” the Colorado GOP wrote to the Secretary of State’s Workplace. “We are able to solely think about that, because the discovery final week, you and your employees have been working tirelessly to treatment these vulnerabilities.”
The state workplace added that passwords can solely be used with bodily in-person entry to a voting system.Â
“Beneath Colorado regulation, voting gear have to be saved in safe rooms that require a safe ID badge to entry. That ID badge creates an entry log that tracks who enters a safe space and when,” the state workplace stated.
In accordance with the state workplace, there’s additionally 24/7 video digicam recording on all election gear.Â
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“Clerks are required to keep up restricted entry to safe poll areas, and should solely share entry data with background-checked people. No particular person could also be current in a safe space except they’re licensed to take action or are supervised by a certified and background-checked worker,” the workplace defined.
The state workplace added that there’s additionally a strict chain of custody necessities that monitor when a voting techniques element has been accessed and by whom, stating it’s a felony to entry voting gear with out authorization.
Each Colorado voter votes on a paper poll, which is then audited through the Threat Limiting Audit to confirm that ballots have been counted based on voter intent, the state workplace stated.Â
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Colorado Republican Celebration Chairman Dave Williams referred to as the potential publicity of the election system’s passwords “surprising.”
“We hear on a regular basis in Colorado from Secretary Griswold and Governor Polis that we characterize the ‘Gold Customary’ for election integrity, a mannequin for the nation,” Dave Williams, Chairman of the Republican Celebration of Colorado stated in a press release to FOX31. “One can solely hope that by the Secretary of State posting our most delicate passwords on-line to the world dispels that delusion.”
The Colorado Republicans additionally requested for affirmation or a plan relating to how the “uncovered techniques” will or nonetheless meet the certification necessities of a “trusted construct,” noting {that a} breach by a celebration with BIOS entry could also be troublesome or not possible to establish.
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“The Division took quick motion as quickly because it was conscious of this, and knowledgeable the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company, which carefully screens and protects the county’s important safety infrastructure. The Division is working to treatment this case the place mandatory,” the state workplace stated.Â
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Colorado Secretary of State and Colorado GOP for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.Â
