美國近2億選民個人信息被"公開" 疑因數據庫泄露

An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open Internet due to an incorrectly configured database.

一名獨立計算機安全研究人員發現，一個存儲了1.91億名美國選民信息的數據庫因爲沒有正確配置而在開放互聯網上遭到公開。

The database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 US states and Washington, Chris Vickery, a tech support specialist from Austin, Texas said.

德克薩斯州奧斯汀的技術支持專家克里斯·維克裏表示，這個數據庫存儲有美國50個州以及首都華盛頓的選民資料，包括姓名、住址、出生日期、黨派關係、電話號碼、電子郵件地址等。

Vickery said he has not been able to identify who controls the database, but that he is working with US federal authorities to find the owner so they can remove it from public view.

維克裏說，他無法確定這個數據庫由誰控制，但他正與聯邦機構合作，試圖找到數據庫的所有者，使數據庫退出公衆視線。

"I want our society to respect privacy more," he said. "We need serious referendum on the way private data is handled."

“我希望我們的社會更加尊重隱私”他說。“我們需要嚴謹的方式來處理全民公投的私有數據”

Vickery said he could not tell whether others had accessed the voter database.

維克瑞說,他不知道是否有人可以訪問選民數據庫。

While voter data is typically considered public information, it would be time-consuming and expensive to gather a database of all American voters. "The alarming part is that the information is so concentrated," said Vickery.

雖然選民數據通常被認爲是公共信息，但是收集所有美國選民的數據將會是費時且昂貴的。“令人擔憂的一點是，(數據庫的)信息太過集中。”維克裏說。