Security researcher: Candidates’ campaign sites may be easy targets for vandalism and theft. Oliver Friedrichs: Many candidates had not done an adequate job of researching and registering potential domain names. Many sites may also be open to more traditional political attacks, such as defacement or denial of service. Friedrichs will publish his findings in an upcoming Symantec security book and will discuss them in a presentation at the Black Hat DC briefings in Washington later this month. The problem, in part, is that most candidates don’t have many IT resources, Friedrichs observed.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/2008-election-candidates-vulnerable-researcher-says