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VR, founded in 1992, established a strong Florida client base which expanded rapidly following the passage of HAVA in 2002.
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link){{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)The Intercept report was based on National Security Agency documents, which did not directly identify the company but made references to a product made by VR Systems, whose products are used in eight states.
In an affidavit the next day, VR Systems CEO Mindy Perkins explained what happened leading to the early release of results.
VR Systems' website says its EViD software for election management is used in states including California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
"When something like this happens, it hurts us and hurts us as an elections community," VR Systems CEO Mindy Perkins told supervisors Monday at the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections conference in the Polk County city of Davenport
We already know that hackers targeted election systems in 21 states and allegedly hacked into the computers of a private U.S. elections systems vendor. (The indictment did not name the vendor, but details seem to match a reported hack of the company VR Systems; VR Systems has denied any breach had occurred.)
VR Systems, located at 2840 Remington Green Circle, was founded 20 years ago in Tallahassee.
VR Systems was founded in 1992 by David and Jane Watson of Tallahassee, in part to help the Leon County Supervisor of Elections Office move its voter registration data from the county's mainframe to a custom-made system.
In this case, the Russians identified staff at VR Systems that provided consulting and support services to local election entities across the United States, The Intercept reported. Posing as staff at those vendors, hackers sent local election workers carefully-faked phishing emails that contained malware hidden in a Microsoft Word document. When the worker opened the document, that would have allowed the attackers to gain a beachhead in multiple election jurisdiction networks.
VR, founded in 1992, established a strong Florida client base which expanded rapidly following the passage of HAVA in 2002.
Duval County uses voter information software made by Tallahassee-based VR Systems, which is the company Russia reportedly tried to hack in 2016 by sending malware infected emails to local elections offices.