Ellen Roofe Kuykendall
See what #GinniThomas was up to in 2015. Just WOW!
theguardian.com/... /bill-dallas-christian...
“December 2015, Chris Vickery, an information technology specialist who hunted for data breaches as a hobby, came upon a massive database on 191 million US citizens. It contained data belonging to registered voters, fro…
“December 2015, Chris Vickery, an information technology specialist who hunted for data breaches as a hobby, came upon a massive database on 191 million US citizens. It contained data belonging to registered voters, from cellphone numbers to evidence of gun ownership. A second breach contained even more detailed information – including income levels, whether the person was a fan of Nascar, had a “Bible lifestyle”, or had an interest in hunting or fishing. After some sleuthing, Vickery thought he had a clear idea of where it all came from. It linked, he said, to Pioneer Solutions Incorporated, a company run by Bill Dallas. It also linked to a campaign titled “Champion the Vote”, run by UiP.
What we do is we track to see what’s going to make somebody vote either one way or not vote at all
But the real significance of Vickery’s discovery was the number of voters UiP had access to information on.”
Ellen Roofe Kuykendall
See what #GinniThomas was up to in 2015. Just WOW!
theguardian.com/... /bill-dallas-christian...
“December 2015, Chris Vickery, an information technology specialist who hunted for data breaches as a hobby, came upon a massive database on 191 million US citizens. It contained data belonging to registered voters, from cellphone numbers to evidence of gun ownership. A second breach contained even more detailed information – including income levels, whether the person was a fan of Nascar, had a “Bible lifestyle”, or had an interest in hunting or fishing. After some sleuthing, Vickery thought he had a clear idea of where it all came from. It linked, he said, to Pioneer Solutions Incorporated, a company run by Bill Dallas. It also linked to a campaign titled “Champion the Vote”, run by UiP.
What we do is we track to see what’s going to make somebody vote either one way or not vote at all
But the real significance of Vickery’s discovery was the number of voters UiP had access to information on.”