DENVER (KDVR) — Over a week after partial passwords for voting systems were posted on the Secretary of State’s website, officials confirmed the passwords were updated and the security of the voting machines were verified.
Governor Jared Polis and Secretary of State Jena Griswold said the process was completed on Thursday night. All impacted passwords were changed with the help of eight staff from the Department of State and 22 state cybersecurity personnel.
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While many passwords were changed, they said the posted passwords never posed an immediate security threat to Colorado’s elections and passwords were changed out of precaution.
“The passwords that were improperly disclosed were one of two passwords to make changes to these particular voting system components and can only be used with in-person physical access to that specific machine,” the Secretary of State said in a press release.
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