ATLANTA — There are new developments in the investigation into a suspected cyberattack on the agency that manages Georgia’s elections.
Last week, Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Aaron Diamant broke the news that Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's office linked the mid-November activity to a Department of Homeland Security IP address.
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DHS officials said the contractor was conducting normal license checks on job candidates.
- Dec. 15, 2016: More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS
- Dec. 14, 2016: Georgia Sec. of State says cyber-attacks traced to DHS addresses
- Dec. 8, 2016: Georgia Sec. of State wants answers from DHS after apparent breach attempt
On a conference call Friday, DHS officials said the traffic traced back to a federal contractor cutting and pasting data from the Secretary of State’s website into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
There is no word yet on why that activity raised alarms with Kemp’s cybersecurity vendor.