China conducted detailed analysis of US voter registration data from at least 18 states, according to a memo included in the declassified intelligence released by the White House today.
The heavily redacted memo claims the Chinese government obtained the voter data from US midterm elections and analysed “personal identifiable information” that could be used to “analyze, discover [redacted] the identities of important U.S. targets”.
The memo did not detail which year the affected midterm elections were held.
The document also claims the data was used to assess public opinion among US voters regarding the country’s general elections.
While the document claims 18 US states were impacted, only Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New York, Washington DC, North Carolina and Kansas were named.
Voter names, birth dates, home addresses, political party affiliations, voter ballot and polling histories, election donation details, military affiliations and some telephone information were included in the data breach, the memo claims.
In North Carolina, more than eight million voters were affected by the breach, while information detailing US citizens’ occupations and education background was “a priority”, the document claims.
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