A cache of voter records on over a half-million Americans has been found online: totaling 593,328 individual sets of records, they appear to contain every registered voter in the state of Alaska. Aside from typical identifiers (e.g., names, dates of birth), the data also contained highly personal information, such as household income, the age ranges of an individual’s children, and if an individual is a homeowner.



The records were stored in a misconfigured CouchDB database, which was accessible to anyone with a web browser — no password needed — until Monday when the data was secured and subsequently pulled offline. The exposed data is just a portion of a larger voter file compiled by TargetSmart, which said its national voter file — that contains 191 million voters — is the “most comprehensive and up-to-date voter file ever assembled.” The data is collected and used to help political campaigns with their fundraising, research, and voter contact programs, the company said.

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