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Foreign hackers cripple Texas County’s email system, raising election security concerns
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Foreign hackers cripple Texas County’s email system, raising election security concerns

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With local elections occurring in many jurisdictions across Australia in October, we publish a story from ProPublica on the vulnerability of email systems in county, shire, and town offices. In this case study from central Texas, numerous small locales appear to have taken few security measures, and paid a terrible price.