MIA investigates the issue of Georgian voters personal information published on a hacking forum

14:35, 30.03.2020

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA) has commented on the news published by ZDNet saying that voter information for more than 4.9 million Georgians, including deceased citizens, has been published on a hacking forum.

ZDNet noted that personal information includes full names, home addresses, dates of birth, ID numbers, and mobile phone numbers.

The media outlet said that the leaked data was spotted by the Under the Breach, a data breach monitoring and prevention service, and shared with ZDNet over the weekend.

“It is unclear if the forum user who shared the data is the one who obtained it. The user claimed the data originated from voters.cec.gov.ge, an official government portal where Georgians can log in and verify and update their voter registration records. The portal was down at the time of writing,” ZDNet wrote.

The news website added that according to a 2019 census, Georgia has 3.7 million citizens of which more than a third are believed to be minor and not eligible for voting.

MIA has been studying the issue. Additional comments will be known later.

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