TAMPA, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office is investigating what it is calling “criminal cyberactivity.”

Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer stressed in a news release that voter registration and ballot systems were not impacted.


What You Need To Know

  • An investigation is ongoing to criminal cyberactivity at Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office

  • Someone was able to access files on a shared drive in the election office’s network

  • Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer stressed in a news release that voter registration and ballot systems were not impacted

However, Latimer did say someone was able to access files on a shared drive in the election office’s network. Local, state and federal law enforcement was notified and also is investigating.

Latimer said he wanted to provide the public with as much information as possible without compromising the integrity of the investigation.

“Our voter registration system has multiple layers of protection, monitoring and redundancy,” he said. “Our tabulation system does too, and uses a stand-alone, air gapped server that is not connected to anything else. That server has not been compromised in any way.”