The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division sent out a “Flash” memo warning state board of election sites to look out for potential data breaches, Ars Technica reports. The warning comes after the Illinois voter registration database suffered a cyberattack possibly exposing the information of 200,000 voters. Arizona was also hit with a malware attack, but no data was stolen in the breach. The FBI memo asked other states to look for similar signs within their systems. The warning comes days after Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced several organizations, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Justice, will lend their support to help states secure their election systems.
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