United States
USA
DataNet Systems compromise forces the DC Board of Elections website offline
On October 5, 2023, DataNet Systems detected unauthorized access to a system used to provide voter information for the District of Columbia Board of Elections. The Board subsequently confirmed that the compromised infrastructure belonged to DataNet, its website-hosting provider, rather than to the Board's internal systems. On October 6, the Board took its public website offline and replaced it with a maintenance page; the website remained unavailable on October 16. This produced a prolonged interruption of public-facing voter-information services through a directly compromised technology supplier. Online voter registration remained available and secure, and no wider interruption of election operations is established.
73
Estimated severity
73 / 100
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Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-10-05
Targeted Company
DATANET SYSTEMS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS (Data center or hosting provider)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
District Of Columbia · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Downstream customer disruptionService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationTechnology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data breachUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
prnewswire.comhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/datanet-systems-provides-notice-of-data-security-incident-302021862.htmldcboedev2.datanetusa.comhttps://dcboedev2.datanetusa.com/data-breachdcboe.orghttps://www.dcboe.org/news/index?itemsPerPage=10&page=7wtop.comhttps://wtop.com/dc/2023/10/hackers-access-voter-information-in-dc-board-of-elections-data-breach/theregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2023/10/23/dc-elections-agency-warns-voting-roll-may-have-been-stolen/878896