State officials are investigating the theft Attack.Databreach last week of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager ’ s car that could make every Georgia voters ’ personal information vulnerable to theft Attack.Databreach . The equipment , used to check-in voters at the polls , was stolen Attack.Databreach Saturday evening , Secretary of State Brian Kemp said Monday . Cobb County elections director Janine Eveler said the stolen machine , known as an ExpressPoll unit , can not be used to fraudulently vote in Tuesday ’ s election but that it does contain a copy of Georgia ’ s statewide voter file . “ We have managed that so that what ’ s stolen could not impact the election , ” Eveler said . While the file includes drivers ’ license numbers , addresses and other data , it does not include Social Security numbers , Eveler said . But , she said , “ the poll book that was stolen Attack.Databreach did have a flash card with a voter list on it . But , it does require some knowledge or expertise to use machine to retrieve the information. ” Cobb County Police and the State Election Board are investigating . Kemp said it was “ unacceptable ” that Cobb officials waited two days to notify him of the theft Attack.Databreach . “ We have opened an investigation , and we are taking steps to ensure that it has no effect on the election tomorrow , ” Kemp said in a statement . “ I am confident that the results will not be compromised. ” Nearly 55,000 votes were cast in early voting ahead of Tuesday ’ s election , the culmination of a campaign that brought national attention to the state .

State officials are investigating the theft Attack.Databreach last week of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager ’ s car that could make every Georgia voters ’ personal information vulnerable to theft Attack.Databreach . The equipment , used to check-in voters at the polls , was stolen Attack.Databreach Saturday evening , Secretary of State Brian Kemp said Monday . Cobb County elections director Janine Eveler said the stolen machine , known as an ExpressPoll unit , can not be used to fraudulently vote in Tuesday ’ s election but that it does contain a copy of Georgia ’ s statewide voter file . “ We have managed that so that what ’ s stolen could not impact the election , ” Eveler said . While the file includes drivers ’ license numbers , addresses and other data , it does not include Social Security numbers , Eveler said . But , she said , “ the poll book that was stolen Attack.Databreach did have a flash card with a voter list on it . But , it does require some knowledge or expertise to use machine to retrieve the information. ” Cobb County Police and the State Election Board are investigating . Kemp said it was “ unacceptable ” that Cobb officials waited two days to notify him of the theft Attack.Databreach . “ We have opened an investigation , and we are taking steps to ensure that it has no effect on the election tomorrow , ” Kemp said in a statement . “ I am confident that the results will not be compromised. ” Nearly 55,000 votes were cast in early voting ahead of Tuesday ’ s election , the culmination of a campaign that brought national attention to the state .

Unfortunately , Yahoo did n't , according to a new internal investigation . The internet pioneer , which reported a massive data breach Attack.Databreach involving 500 million user accounts in September , actually knew an intrusion Attack.Databreach had occurred back in 2014 , but allegedly botched its response . The findings were made in a Yahoo securities exchange filing on Wednesday that offered more details about the 2014 breach , which the company has blamed on a state-sponsored hacker . That breach Attack.Databreach , which only became public last year , involved the theft Attack.Databreach of user account details such as email addresses , telephone numbers , and hashed passwords . After Yahoo went public with it , the company established an independent committee to investigate the matter . The committee found that Yahoo ’ s security team and senior executives actually knew that a state-sponsored actor had hacked certain user accounts back in 2014 , according to the filing . But even as the company took some remedial actions , such as notifying 26 users targeted in the hack and adding new security features , some senior executives allegedly failed to comprehend or investigate the incident further . For instance , in December 2014 , Yahoo 's security team knew the state-sponsored actor had stolen Attack.Databreach copies of backup files that contained users ' personal data . But it 's unclear whether this information was ever `` effectively communicated and understood '' outside the security team , Wednesday 's filing said . No intentional suppression of information was found , although Yahoo 's legal team had enough reason to investigate the breaches further , the committee concluded . `` As a result , the 2014 security Incident was not properly investigated and analyzed at the time , '' the filing said . It was only about two years later when Yahoo publicly disclosed the breach . That came after a stolen database from the company allegedly went up Attack.Databreach for sale on the black market . However , after Yahoo disclosed the breach Attack.Databreach , a few months later , the company learned of an even bigger hack Attack.Databreach that involved 1 billion Yahoo user accounts and further rocked the company 's reputation . That breach Attack.Databreach originally occurred in August 2013 but wasn ’ t noticed until law enforcement provided Yahoo with a copy of the stolen data last November . According to Wednesday 's filing , Yahoo still hasn ’ t learned how this data was stolen Attack.Databreach , although it appears to be separate from the 2014 breach . In addition , the company has been investigating an another incident involving a hacker forging cookies as a way to break into user accounts . Wednesday 's filing said that about 32 million user accounts were affected .