Researchers at the Kromtech Security Research Center found a misconfigured CouchDB database that exposed the voter records of more than half a million Alaskans to anyone with a web browser, ZDNet reports. Records contained both sensitive and personally identifiable information and had fields for the types of issues that an individual can be lobbied on. The data is just a portion of a larger file belonging to TargetSmart, which said its national voter file is the "most comprehensive and up-to-date voter file ever assembled." Kromtech's Alex Kernishniuk said, "There seems to be no end in sight for improperly secured data making its way onto the web," adding that it was up to regulators to "manage an aging electoral system that seems to be struggling to keep up with the digital age." 
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