All affected election equipment updated after password leak, Colorado officials say

Colorado Newsline: Colorado officials said Friday that state employees had completed the process of updating passwords on elections equipment across the state that had been affected by the improper disclosure of certain system passwords.

Employees were deployed to affected counties across the state to coordinate with local elections officials, update the passwords and review access logs to ensure that no systems were compromised. The effort “concluded successfully Thursday evening,” the office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a press release.

“We appreciate the swift work to update these passwords and provide voters confidence in Colorado’s elections system,” Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, said in a statement. “While the leaked passwords compromised just one of many layers of security that protect our election integrity in Colorado, we knew it was critical to take swift action and to work with Secretary Griswold and the county clerks to update the passwords immediately.”

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