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While the office assured Colorado voters that the information was “improperly included,” it reported the matter to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is working to remedy the problem “where necessary.” Election Day is less than a week away but more than 1.2 million ballots have already been mailed in.
“This does not pose an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections, nor will it impact how ballots are counted,” the press release said. “Colorado elections include many layers of security. There are two unique passwords for every election equipment component, which are kept in separate places and held by different parties. Passwords can only be used with physical in-person access to a voting system.
Colorado notably attempted to remove former President Donald Trump from its ballot after his civil fraud conviction that included 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Following his removal and before his reinstatement, Secretary of State Jena Griswold claimed sheCyber Security company Cloudfare caught the attack before it could take the website offline completely within weeks of the election.
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