Investigation continues into how Colorado voting machine passwords ended up online

Colorado Public Radio: The news that the Colorado Secretary of State’s office inadvertently included BIOS passwords for the state’s voting machines in a hidden tab on a spreadsheet on the department’s website has election officials scrambling days ahead of the election.

In an interview with CPR News, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said the employee responsible for the passwords ending up online no longer works for the state and a personnel investigation is ongoing.

“We have people in the field working to reset passwords and review access logs for affected counties,” Griswold said. “This is out of an abundance of caution; we do not believe there is a security threat to Colorado’s elections.”

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