Hackers Hit Web Hosting Provider Linked to Oregon Elections

A week before Oregon’s primary election, the secretary of state’s office is moving to protect the integrity of its online system where campaign finance records are published after a web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.

“The Oregon Secretary of State has not been hacked,” Fagan’s office reassured voters in a statement late Monday. The Oregon Elections Division said it learned on Monday that Opus Interactive, a web hosting provider used by the campaign finance firm C Systems, was the victim of a ransomware attack.

While candidates for state and local elections use ORESTAR, candidates for national office like Congress use a different system.

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