Security News > 2020 > November > Joe Biden Campaign Subdomain Down After Hacktivist Defacement

A subdomain used by President-elect Joe Biden's official campaign website was defaced last week by a self-proclaimed Turkish hacktivist and still remains out of commission.

Joebiden.com, was part of the official campaign website JoeBiden.com used by the Biden campaign leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The subdomain was used by the Biden campaign help voters find polling centers, find a campaign event and offer state-specific voter guides.

"Like many organizations who quickly throw together a website or subdomain, likely missing some important cybersecurity best practices, this time a subdomain 'vote.joebiden.com' of presidential elect Joe Biden has become the latest victim of website defacing," Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Thycotic, told Threatpost.

Threatpost has reached out to the President-elect Joe Biden campaign for further comment.

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