{"id":2642314,"date":"2026-08-09T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-2020-election-problems-still-piling-up-633k-voter-registration-files-compromised-in-just-1-county-new-docs-show\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:10:20","slug":"evidence-of-2020-election-problems-still-piling-up-633k-voter-registration-files-compromised-in-just-1-county-new-docs-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-2020-election-problems-still-piling-up-633k-voter-registration-files-compromised-in-just-1-county-new-docs-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence of 2020 Election Problems Still Piling up &#8211; 633k Voter Registration Files Compromised in Just 1 County, New Docs Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fevidence-of-2020-election-problems-still-piling-up-633k-voter-registration-files-compromised-in-just-1-county-new-docs-show%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=2642314&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>A notable data breach involving the theft of 633,000 voter registration files in Arizona prior to the 2020 election is detailed. Despite the FBI identifying the hacker and extracting over a million records using a script, no charges were filed against the individual. The compromised data included sensitive information such as addresses, voter ids, and details of domestic violence victims, law enforcement officers, and judges. Officials claimed that only basic registration information, like voter numbers, was accessed and nothing with sensitive data was exposed. The hacker, who described himself as a \u201ctinkerer,\u201d accessed the files by exploiting a vulnerability in the county\u2019s website, and he did not intend to sell the data but was concerned about the implications had it fallen into malicious hands. The incident has fueled debates on election security and efforts like the SAVE America Act, which aims to strengthen voting protections, though critics argue that current protections remain inadequate and point to broader vulnerabilities that foreign nations such as China have exploited. the event highlights ongoing concerns about the security and integrity of the American electoral system.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A hacker managed to steal 633,000 voter registration files in the swing state of Arizona before the 2020 election, newly declassified documents from the White House allege.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite the massive breach, both local and federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against the man under President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/6amhundreds-thousands-voter-files-were-hacked-arizona-2020-doj-declined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But remember: Safest and securest election in American history!<\/p>\n<p>According to the Thursday report by John Solomon and Steven Richards, Department of Justice Files found that the individual used a computer script to \u201cscrape\u201d the voter registration files of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maricopa-county-gop-committee-suspended-x-accused-posting-nudity-fact-posted-harmless-emoji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maricopa County<\/a>, home to Phoenix and Arizona\u2019s most populous county.<\/p>\n<p>This included 930 individuals whose files contained \u201csensitive voter information like domestic violence victims, judges and law enforcement officers,\u201d according to FBI case files.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the fact that the FBI coaxed an admission from the hacker behind it, no charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI spent significant resources solving this cybercrime,\u201d FBI Director Kash Patel wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/FBI_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General\u2019s Office, the Maricopa County, Arizona Attorney\u2019s Office, and the Pinal County, Arizona Attorney\u2019s Office were presented with the findings of this investigation. All declined to prosecute the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merely having the voter registration files would not give anyone the ability to change votes or cast illegal ballots, it must be noted.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the data were to fall into the hands of America\u2019s adversaries, Just the News reported, \u201cthey could hamper the ability of voters to cast ballots in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has obtained about 220 million such files, documents released last month by President Donald Trump show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contemporaneously, the hack was covered as a minor a thing, with county election officials telling <a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/local\/article_2c7d0ac0-e58b-11eb-8a87-97779258074e.html#:~:text=Cotton%20said%20that%20shows%20that%20at%20least,anyone%20obtained%20was%20someone's%20voter%20registration%20number\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuscon.com<\/a> that the only thing that had been accessed was a site where Arizona residents could register to vote and nothing with sensitive information. The only thing that could be gleaned from that, officials said, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-vows-action-california-blocks-federal-audit-voter-rolls-afraid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voter registration number<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the suspect in the case \u2014 who described himself to law enforcement as a \u201chacker or tinkerer\u201d \u2014 said he was able to access the files after realizing that the Maricopa County Recorder\u2019s Office included his voter ID number in the URL of the page that contained his voter registration information.<\/p>\n<p>According to a newly declassified Nov. 5, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-08\/FBI_302.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI interview<\/a>, the individual \u201cdeveloped and tested a PowerShell script, which accessed and extracted the voter registration data from the Maricopa County Recorder\u2019s website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Redacted] initially grabbed a small amount of data, but decided to stop because the script was not working right. He started thinking of ways to improve on the script to make it better. [Redacted] estimated that approximately 100 \u2013 1,000 records were taken during this time and referred to this as the \u2018trial run.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround the beginning of October 2020, [redacted] improved his PowerShell script,\u201d the document continued. \u201cHe ran the script again up until around November 2, 2020, when Maricopa County fixed their firewall. [Redacted] stated he probably would have continued this activity if the flaw went unfixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Redacted] knew Maricopa County was aware of his activity because his script provided an error message and could no longer generate requests. Between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 voter registration records were extracted to text files stored on [redacted] \u2018s personal hard drives, which he estimated to be four gigabytes (GB) of data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safest and most secure election! Don\u2019t you dare say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, the hacker told the FBI that he didn\u2019t intend to sell the information because \u201cit was publicly available.\u201d He acknowledged he could have purchased the data, but \u201che wanted to obtain the information for free.\u201d He told authorities he \u201crealized the gravity of the situation and became scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said that he \u201cconsidered telling the news about his actions, but thought it was better kept a secret as it would have brought down a \u2018s***storm\u2019 during the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And thank heavens he didn\u2019t because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/damning-text-messages-biden-doj-lawyers-created-witch-hunt-targeting-catholic-nuns-laughed-hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ<\/a> and a whole host of other agencies decided against prosecuting him.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/new-evidence-further-undermines-claim-2020-election-was-most-secure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> report published Thursday, Richards wrote that the incident highlights puts a spotlight on Republican efforts to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-darline-graham-says-ending-filibuster-save-america-act-differ-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a> for election security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Donald Trump has used this evidence to argue for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would, among other provisions, require proof of citizenship for individuals to vote in federal elections,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of the evidence released so far by the White House suggests that votes were manipulated or provides proof of widespread fraud, but it does raise concerns about the ability of actors, domestic or foreign, to exploit voter data or interfere in the election process.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest case of electoral malfeasance that doesn\u2019t prove widespread fraud has ever tipped an election or that mass fraudulent ballots were cast, but it does cast doubt upon the safety and security of a system that the Democrats refuse to fix or even acknowledge is broken.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, they\u2019re holding up legislation that would secure that system because they claim that showing an ID to vote isn\u2019t just too difficult but racist. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olive-gardens-never-ending-pasta-regulation-becomes-unlikely-election-integrity-rallying-point-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olive Garden<\/a>, mysteriously, hasn\u2019t been cast in such a light for requiring identification for its never-ending pasta deal. When spaghetti is more secure than elections, there\u2019s an issue.)<\/p>\n<p>This guy, from all accounts, was just a tinkerer who knew how to scrape data in just a few steps. Beijing, which can track virtually all of its citizens with just the click of a mouse, is more than a few steps ahead of this moron. 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