Mueller report confirms Russians tried to hack Illinois election website
WASHINGTON - The Mueller report confirms the Russians tried to hack the Illinois Board of Elections website in 2016.
"In one instance in approximately June 2016, the GRU compromised the computer network of the Illinois State Board of Elections by exploiting a vulnerability in the SBOE's website. The GRU then gained access to a database containing information on millions of registered Illinois voters and extracted data related to thousands of U.S. voters before the malicious activity was identified," the report states.
The hack had nothing to do with counting votes in elections in Illinois. The hackers looked at voting registration data: name, address, date of birth, gender and the last four digits in the Social Security number. The elections board confirmed the records of just under 3,000 voters were viewed by the hackers.
For the full report, visit chicago.suntimes.com.