President Donald Trump announced on Thursday in a national broadcast that, according to recently declassified intelligence documents, China has access to over 200 million voter records in 18 states and could use this information to manipulate mail-in voting.
This is indicated by a review of voting systems conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The report concludes that foreign powers, specifically China and Russia, have attacked the electoral databases of various states in recent years.
"The impact of the leaks is not limited to 'undermining trust' or 'spreading false allegations'; the data itself could be used months or even years after the hacking to alter registration information," warns the report, which adds: "The real threat is what can be done with the stolen data."
Since the U.S. electoral roll has already been compromised and it contains data that does not expire, the scenarios for exploiting this information for illegitimate purposes are endless. For example, cybercriminals could use voter data to process large numbers of fake mail-in ballots in the name of people who typically do not vote.
Another possibility is that this stolen data could be used to modify the information within the electoral roll. In this way, foreign agents could alter the party affiliation of some voters so that their votes are considered invalid or null, as it should be noted that in many states it is mandatory to be registered with a political party to vote in primary elections.
In summary, if this vulnerability is exploited on a large scale by the Chinese communist regime or any foreign actor, numerous American citizens could be left without the right to vote, not to mention that mass mail-in ballots could be processed or the entire voter information could be directly erased, as intelligence reports already warn that Trump disseminated last night.
Trump gave a historic speech on Thursday where he proved that American elections are compromised by foreign interference
