Elections Alberta traces database leak and shuts Centurion Project voter tool
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Updated · Ars Technica · May 4
Elections Alberta traces database leak and shuts Centurion Project voter tool
9 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · May 4
The leaked Alberta electoral list, containing data on millions of citizens, was matched to a copy released to the Republican Party of Alberta using unique fake entries.
A court order forced the separatist-linked Centurion Project to take down its online voter database, which parties were barred from sharing with third parties.
How the data moved from the Republican Party to Centurion remains unclear, but both groups publicly pledged to comply after the canary-trap investigation.
An illegal voter database was shut down, but was the data of 3 million Albertans copied first?
A legal loophole allowed this data leak. Will Alberta now hold political parties accountable under its privacy laws?
A clever 'canary trap' caught the leaker. But with millions exposed, are reactive measures enough to protect our data?