Hacking into state, local voter databases worse than previously stated: Report

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Hacking into state and local election databases was far more extensive than government officials had previously reported last year, government officials said in a report published Thursday.

Hackers, though not necessarily Russian, altered voter information on at least one occasion in a county database, though it’s not clear how many voters’ forms were affected by that incident. Local officials caught the manipulations and fixed the changes.

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