2026 ElectSure — possible cyberattack; Wake County suspends vendor; ~9,000 poll-worker pool at risk
Data compromised
Information about people who help run polling places / administer elections in Wake County’s ~9,000-worker pool may have been exposed; extent of access still under investigation. Voting machines, ballots, voter registration, and vote-counting systems NOT indicated as affected per county.
Technical writeup
County-confirmed vendor incident — August 15, 2026. Wake County Board of Elections suspended ElectSure after a possible cyberattack in which a hacker obtained a secret password used by ElectSure’s software for training and registering the county’s pool of about 9,000 election workers. Elections Director Olivia McCall said it remains unclear whether poll-worker information was actually obtained; investigation ongoing. County stated no evidence voting machines, ballots, voter registration records, or vote-counting systems were affected. recordsAffected 9000 reflects the at-risk worker-pool size pending forensic census.
Root cause
Hacker gained access to a secret password used by ElectSure election-worker training/registration software (Wake County Board of Elections disclosure)