Trump Voter Fraud Probe Creating A 'Treasure Trove' For Hackers, Security Experts Say

A group of former top intelligence and cybersecurity officials warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s voter fraud probe was creating a database of voters’ personal information that was a ripe target for hackers and could contain serious security vulnerabilities.

Over the summer, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the Republican who is leading the probe, sent a letter to election officials in all 50 states requesting all publicly available voter information, including, if possible, the last four digits of social security numbers. It’s not entirely clear yet what the commission plans to do with the information, but officials have expressed interest in comparing the voter information against various federal databases ― such as a Department of Homeland Security list of non-citizens ― to try to identify people who are on the rolls illegally. Experts are skeptical that that would be a reliable way to find voter fraud, which several studies have shown is not a widespread problem.