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Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms

FILE - A monitor showing Dominion Voting Image Cast Central display tab is seen as Cobb County Election officials count ballots on a machine Nov. 24, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. The list of security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations ongoing in at least three states, Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

FILE - MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021. Lindell, who has organized or attended forums around the U.S. peddling conspiracy theories about voting machines, said earlier this week that he had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury investigating the breach in Colorado and was ordered to hand over his cell phone to FBI agents who approached him at a fast-food restaurant in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County Election preparation Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Ga. The list of security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations ongoing in at least three states, Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. Security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November elections, but say they increase the possibility that rogue election workers could access election equipment to launch attacks. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms