California voter data stolen after database left exposed Databases detailing 19.5 million Californian voter records as well as 53,000 newspaper subscribers have been stolen after a newspaper left both files exposed online. The leak from The Sacramento Bee, reportedThursday, was discovered by the Kromtech Security Center, which found a 91.5-gigabyte MongoDB database file Jan. 19 via a breach report based on Shodan, an “internet of things” search engine.(SiliconANGLE)
Voter registration data is sold by states and list brokers, so the data is out there anyway. Example: "Purchase Voter Lists Voter history is also available as an option when purchasing a voter list." https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/BecomeACandidate/PurchaseVoterLists/Pages/default.aspx