Hackers Breached Voter Data In 2016 Election: Report

WASHINGTON, DC — Hackers targeting the 2016 election successfully altered voter data and stole personal information from thousands of citizens in a much more extensive cyberattack effort than has previously been revealed, according to a report from Time citing anonymous officials.

One county reportedly discovered that some of its voter information had been altered, but it was able to repair the damage. Time reports that some of the stolen data included partial social security numbers. Sources were not able to confirm to the magazine whether or not the hackers in question were connected to the Russian government, which the American intelligence chiefs say spearheaded a large effort to influence the 2016 election. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch for daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

President Trump's press secretary recently would not confirm if Trump believed Russia had engaged in attempts to undermine the election.

Read the full report at Time.

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