Hall County, Georgia, reports one of the first breaches of the voting season. The county s database of voter signatures was impacted in the attack along with other government systems. With Election Day approaching, local governments need to be prepared for malware attacks on election infrastructure. Ransomware attacks involve a criminal introducing malware into the target’s systems, which then takes over an organization’s data and encrypts it until a ransom is paid. With record numbers of mail-in ballots being submitted, that could spell disaster for getting votes tabulated in time.
Source: https://threatpost.com/georgia-election-data-ransomware/160499/