BREAKING: Arizona Senate Issues Two NEW Subpoenas Maricopa County Officials for Routers, Passwords, Splunk Logs, MORE
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/breaking-arizona-senate-issues-two-new-subpoenas-maricopa-county-senators-routers-passwords-splunk-logs/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/breaking-arizona-senate-issues-two-new-subpoenas-maricopa-county-senators-routers-passwords-splunk-logs/
Looks like they're going to try and keep myth #2 alive:
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Myth 2: Maricopa County’s Tabulation System is connected to the internet and was hacked during the General Election. FALSE
Facts
FACTS: This is false. Maricopa County uses an air-gapped system, meaning its tabulation equipment is never connected to the internet and is completely separated from the Maricopa County Network. There are no routers connected to the system and there never have been.
Two separate federally certified Voting System Testing Laboratories independently confirmed that the system is not connected to the internet. In February 2021, they tested the equipment and found no evidence of internet connectivity. The firms also confirmed that there was not any malicious software or hardware installed on the tabulation equipment.
These tests determined the tabulators were not transmitting information outside the closed air gapped system within the County tabulation center or while being delivered, returned, or used at a Vote Center.
See a network diagram of the Election Management System here.
As a best practice, we are always preparing for potential issues that could impact elections. In advance of the 2020 general election, our Information Security Department implemented additional security controls to both prevent and detect unauthorized access to our website. In conjunction with our strategic partners, on November 2, 2020 we were able to quickly detect that an individual was programmatically accessing the county’s website and accessing publicly available information. We immediately worked to stop the access and put additional security measures in place to ensure it does not happen again. No services to voters were impacted. The County’s website is in no way connected to the air-gapped system in the secure tabulation room where ballots are counted.
https://recorder.maricopa.gov/justthefacts/Facts
FACTS: This is false. Maricopa County uses an air-gapped system, meaning its tabulation equipment is never connected to the internet and is completely separated from the Maricopa County Network. There are no routers connected to the system and there never have been.
Two separate federally certified Voting System Testing Laboratories independently confirmed that the system is not connected to the internet. In February 2021, they tested the equipment and found no evidence of internet connectivity. The firms also confirmed that there was not any malicious software or hardware installed on the tabulation equipment.
These tests determined the tabulators were not transmitting information outside the closed air gapped system within the County tabulation center or while being delivered, returned, or used at a Vote Center.
See a network diagram of the Election Management System here.
As a best practice, we are always preparing for potential issues that could impact elections. In advance of the 2020 general election, our Information Security Department implemented additional security controls to both prevent and detect unauthorized access to our website. In conjunction with our strategic partners, on November 2, 2020 we were able to quickly detect that an individual was programmatically accessing the county’s website and accessing publicly available information. We immediately worked to stop the access and put additional security measures in place to ensure it does not happen again. No services to voters were impacted. The County’s website is in no way connected to the air-gapped system in the secure tabulation room where ballots are counted.
AUDIT OF ELECTIONS EQUIPMENT IN MARICOPA COUNTY
https://www.maricopa.gov/5681/Elections-Equipment-Audit
Myths about the audit:
https://www.maricopa.gov/5681/Elections-Equipment-Audit#FAQ
Maricopa County Elections Closed (Air Gap) Network Diagram
https://recorder.maricopa.gov/justthefacts/pdf/Maricopa%20EMS%20Diagram%20V2.pdf
Oh, here's something I did not know:
Seems pretty clear the (mostly Republican) Maricopa Board of Supervisors is right. This audit is a sham and the people conducting it are an embarrassment to the country.