{"id":2362234,"date":"2024-10-31T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-secretary-of-state-fires-employee-responsible-for-voting-security-breach-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:34:06","slug":"colorado-secretary-of-state-fires-employee-responsible-for-voting-security-breach-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-secretary-of-state-fires-employee-responsible-for-voting-security-breach-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado secretary of state fires employee responsible for voting security breach &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-secretary-of-state-fires-employee-responsible-for-voting-security-breach-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent \u2064incident,\u2062 the Colorado Secretary\u200b of \u200cState, Jena Griswold, fired an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-fires-employee-for-hacking-their-twitter-and-website\/\" title=\"NY Post Fires Employee for Hacking Their Twitter and Website\">employee responsible<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mistakenly \u2062exposing passwords related<\/a> to voting equipment on the state\u2019s website. The passwords were\u2062 inadvertently posted online for several\u200d months before \u2062being\u200c discovered \u200cby the Secretary \u2063of State&#8217;s office.\u2064 Although Griswold acknowledged \u2063that \u2062the \u2064incident was a serious mistake made by a civil servant, she emphasized\u200d that it did not pose a threat to election integrity. \u2063All passwords have since been reset &#8220;out of an abundance of \u200ccaution.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colorado secretary of state fires employee responsible for voting security breach<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The employee responsible for inadvertently exposing passwords to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colorado<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\">voting<\/a> equipment on the Colorado secretary of state&rsquo;s website has been fired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold did not take the blame for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3208747\/colorado-secretary-of-state-website-improperly-included-voting-system-passwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the incident<\/a>, she said the passwords were mistakenly posted for several months and were discovered by her office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ultimately, a civil servant made a serious mistake, and we&rsquo;re actively working to address it,&rdquo; Griswold said. &ldquo;Humans make mistakes.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She did not describe the incident as a threat to election integrity and said all passwords have been reset &ldquo;out of an abundance of caution.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be very clear, we do not see this as a full security threat to the state. This is not a security threat,&rdquo; Griswold told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/colorado-secretary-of-state-posted-voting-system-passwords\/73-c9264216-7a0a-4d5b-9f64-60a28eb57e4d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">9News<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are two passwords to get into any voting component, along with physical access. We have layers of security, and out of just an abundance of caution, have staff in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/co-secretary-of-state-posts-voting-passwords-online\/\" title=\"CO Secretary Of State Posts Voting Passwords Online\">field changing passwords<\/a>, looking at access logs and looking at the entire situation and continuing our investigation,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to which Griswold reported the leak, is working with the state of Colorado as part of its response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When explaining how the passwords were accidentally posted, Griswold told the station that &ldquo;unfortunately,&rdquo; a &ldquo;civil servant&rdquo; mistakenly uploaded the spreadsheet. She noted that not all of the exposed passwords were active.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Crane, a former Republican Arapahoe County Clerk and current executive director of the Colorado Clerks Association, said the fact that the passwords were online despite being hidden is concerning, but the association is satisfied with the actions the Colorado Secretary of State&rsquo;s Office is taking.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The truth is, is this a concern? Yes,&rdquo; Crane said. &ldquo;Is it being mitigated? Yes. Does this mean that all of the computers are connected to the internet and that votes are being flipped? 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