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Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale

A breach of sensitive voting equipment data from a rural county in Georgia spilled into the public light last month when documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas revealed the involvement of high-profile supporters of former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Election equipment to be replaced in Georgia's Coffee County after outsiders gain access

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday that he will replace voting equipment in Coffee County after supporters of then-President Donald Trump and their computer analysts copied confidential data following the 2020 election.

Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022

Voting equipment to be replaced after 'unauthorized access'

Georgia’s secretary of state has announced plans to replace election equipment in one county after what he called unauthorized access to the equipment just two months after the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Video shows fake Trump elector aided copying of Georgia election data

ATLANTA — Security camera video made public Tuesday shows that a phony elector who tried to reverse the results of the last presidential election escorted a group of computer experts into the elections office in Coffee County, where they copied confidential software and files in January 2021.

Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022

Video shows fake elector taking Trump operatives to Georgia elections office

The two operatives have acknowledged they gained access to a voting machine at the behest of Sidney Powell

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022

Video fills in details on alleged Georgia election breach

Security video from a rural county in Georgia shows local election and Republican Party officials were present when voting equipment was accessed in what the secretary of state's office calls an unauthorized breach

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022

Handling of Georgia election breach investigation questioned

ATLANTA — A recording first surfaced six months ago claiming that a team copied "every piece of equipment" in Coffee County's elections office after the 2020 election, but it wasn't Georgia investigators who confirmed that confidential voting data had been taken.

Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022

Special grand jury in Georgia seeks evidence of Coffee County election breach

ATLANTA — The Fulton County special grand jury is growing increasingly interested in an alleged election data breach in rural Coffee County as part of its multifaceted criminal investigation into Georgia’s 2020 election.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Uneven enforcement? Rural Georgia county avoids review after election breach

ATLANTA — In a rural South Georgia county where election officials let outsiders copy confidential voting data, legislators haven't called for the kind of state takeover or performance review that they supported in the state's voting law.

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breach

The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about a breach of voting equipment in a county roughly 200 miles south of her Atlanta office

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022