Data marketing firm Deep Root Analytics exposed data of more than 198 million U.S. voters in unsecured public server for two weeks

Briefing

Data marketing firm Deep Root Analytics exposed data of more than 198 million U.S. voters in unsecured public server for two weeks

June 23, 2017

Briefing

  • Voters Data Leak – Data marketing firm Deep Root Analytics (DRA), hired by Republican National Committee (RNC), left 1.1 terabytes of data of more than 198 million U.S. voters exposed in unsecured publicly accessible Amazon server for two weeks before discovered by security researcher Chris Vickery on June 12, 2017
  • Leaked Information – Contains home addresses, birthdates, and phone numbers, as well as advanced sentiment analysis weighing voters’ preferences on critical issues, such as gun control, stem cell research, abortion, and religious and ethnic affinity
  • No Malicious Access – DRA does not believe information was accessed by malicious parties in 12 days data was exposed online
  • Class Action Lawsuit – Company was sued by James and Linda McAleer of Florida on June 21, 2017 for failing to secure public’s information

Accelerator

Organization

Deep Root Analytics, Republican National Committee (RNC)

Source

Original Publication Date

June 22, 2017

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