美国近2亿选民个人信息被"公开" 疑因数据库泄露

An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the open Internet due to an incorrectly configured database.

一名独立计算机安全研究人员发现，一个存储了1.91亿名美国选民信息的数据库因为没有正确配置而在开放互联网上遭到公开。

The database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 US states and Washington, Chris Vickery, a tech support specialist from Austin, Texas said.

德克萨斯州奥斯汀的技术支持专家克里斯·维克里表示，这个数据库存储有美国50个州以及首都华盛顿的选民资料，包括姓名、住址、出生日期、党派关系、电话号码、电子邮件地址等。

Vickery said he has not been able to identify who controls the database, but that he is working with US federal authorities to find the owner so they can remove it from public view.

维克里说，他无法确定这个数据库由谁控制，但他正与联邦机构合作，试图找到数据库的所有者，使数据库退出公众视线。

"I want our society to respect privacy more," he said. "We need serious referendum on the way private data is handled."

“我希望我们的社会更加尊重隐私”他说。“我们需要严谨的方式来处理全民公投的私有数据”

Vickery said he could not tell whether others had accessed the voter database.

维克瑞说,他不知道是否有人可以访问选民数据库。

While voter data is typically considered public information, it would be time-consuming and expensive to gather a database of all American voters. "The alarming part is that the information is so concentrated," said Vickery.

虽然选民数据通常被认为是公共信息，但是收集所有美国选民的数据将会是费时且昂贵的。“令人担忧的一点是，(数据库的)信息太过集中。”维克里说。