By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI is trying to determine who hacked voting registration databases in Illinois and Arizona ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election.
The FBI discovered breaches in the databases in both states and is urging officials in both states to increase security, Reuters reports.
Agents are now investigating whether other states also were targeted.
But it’s unclear whether there was an effort to manipulate votes since much of the information is already publicly available.
Still, the FBI has become increasingly concerned about Russian-sponsored hackers who likely targeted the Democratic National Committee and others within the party.
An FBI spokeswoman said the agency “routinely advises” on “various cyber threat indicators observed during the course of our investigations.”
