In a tense live interview on 9NEWS, anchor Kyle Clark pressed Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold over a major data leak involving sensitive voting system information. The incident has caused significant concern, with the Colorado Republican Party accusing Griswold’s office of inadvertently exposing over 600 BIOS passwords for voting machines on the state’s official website, leaving crucial security data vulnerable for months.
The controversy began when an affidavit from the Colorado GOP claimed that Griswold’s office mistakenly published a file that included BIOS passwords for voting systems across nearly all Colorado counties. These passwords, which are integral to safeguarding voting machines, were reportedly accessible to the public from August through October, in violation of strict state regulations on election security. Colorado’s protocols mandate that such data be kept strictly confidential, and the unprotected publication of these passwords has prompted calls for accountability.
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The affidavit details that the passwords were neither encrypted nor protected, directly contradicting Colorado’s election security regulation 8 CCR 1505-1 Rule 20.5.2(c)(11). According to this regulation, all BIOS passwords must be “securely and confidentially maintained” by the Department of State. In an email statement, the Colorado GOP noted that while this incident “does not constitute evidence of a breach by itself,” it still represents “a major lapse in basic systems security and password management.” Griswold has previously championed Colorado’s elections as the “Gold Standard,” a phrase that now rings hollow for critics.
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