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title: Dry Run of Democratic Caucus Gets Hacked
description: A dry run of a virtual caucus gets hacked. Democratic teleconference caucuses for Iowa and Nevada are hacked. Election security.
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# [Dry Run of Democratic Caucus Gets Hacked](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/democrat-virtual-caucus-hacked)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Tue | Aug 27, 2019 | 4:01 PM Z

The Democrat Party is requiring states to give caucus goers a "virtual caucus" option where they can join the process without physically being at a caucus location.

And according to Bloomberg, a dry run of this virtual caucus setup in Iowa and Nevada was hacked. At least the hacker or pentester was invited:

"At a closed-door session of the Rules and By-Laws Committee on Thursday, the DNC told the panel that experts convened by the party were able to hack into a conference call among the committee, the Iowa Democratic Party and Nevada Democratic Party, raising concerns about teleconferencing for virtual caucuses, according to three people who were at the meeting."

[RELATED: [20 Tricks Russia Used to Hack the DNC](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/20-tricks-russia-dnc-hack)]

Iowa and Nevada are building a teleconference system for 2020, and Alaska plans a phone and web-based operation, with Democrats in other states working on their plans.

So far it seems like nothing is more secure than meeting in the flesh.

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