Some voter registration information was obtained by Iran and Russian, John Ratcliffe says. He says they're using the information to send disinformation to voters.
This appears to be the Iranian operation that Ratcliffe is referring to, first reported by the @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
"Our election systems are resilient, and you can be confident that your vote is secure," Ratcliffe says
Voter registration information is often publicly available. So it appears the issue here is not whether the information is obtained, but how it was used by foreign actors to spread misinformation.

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