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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Open Public Records Act ("OPRA"), I hereby request the following records:

1. Communications sent to or from campaigns.
2. Complaints lodged against campaigns or the Division of Elections.
3. Enforcement actions/litigation relating to campaigns
4. Correspondence with local elections authorities
5. Emails between Division of Election authorities

Here are search terms you might find useful. I also combined all the search terms into two Boolean searches you could cut, paste and enter – I figure that’d be way easier for any system that allows Boolean searches.

A. “Hackers,” “Hacker,” “Hacktivism,” “Hacktivist” “Cyber Security” or “Cybersecurity”
B. “Advanced persistent threat,” “APT,” “Denial of Service,” or “DDoS”
C. “Malware,” “Ransomware ,” “antivirus, “anti-virus,” “Trojan” or both “Computer and Virus”
D. “CozyBear,” “Cozy Bear,” “Fancy Bear,” “FancyBear,” “MiniDuke,” “CosmicDuke,” “OnionDuke,” “CozyDuke,” “SeaDuke,” “CloudDuke,” “MiniDionis,” “HammerDuke,” “Hammertoss,” or “Sofacy”
E. “61398,” “Unit 8200,” “Codoso,” “Danti,” “EvilPost,” or “SPIVY”

In a standard Boolean search, you can search for these in two searches:

i. “Hackers” OR “Hacker” OR “Hacktivism” OR “Hacktivist” “Cyber Security” OR “Cybersecurity” OR “Advanced persistent threat” OR “APT” OR “Denial of Service” OR “DDoS” OR “Malware” OR “Ransomware “ OR “antivirus, “anti-virus” OR “Trojan” OR “CozyBear” OR “Cozy Bear” OR “Fancy Bear” OR “FancyBear” OR “MiniDuke” OR “CosmicDuke” OR “OnionDuke” OR “CozyDuke” OR “SeaDuke” OR “CloudDuke” OR “MiniDionis” OR “HammerDuke” OR “Hammertoss” OR “Sofacy”OR “61398” OR “Unit 8200” OR “Codoso” OR “Danti” OR “Platinum” OR “EvilPost” OR “SPIVY”

ii. Computer AND virus

For reference:
Group “A” describes general terms used in the discussion of cybersecurity.
Group “B” describes terms related to different types of cyber attacks.
Group “C” describes terms used in discussions of computer malware.
Group “D” describes names used to describe different Russian threat actors
Group “E” describes other state-run cyber groups

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. I am a reporter with The Hill in Washington D.C., and documents will be separately available on the MuckRock website.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joseph Uchill

With apologies, that should have read

Pursuant to Open Public Records Act ("OPRA"), I hereby request documents related to hacking and cybersecurity from the following types of records since 2010:

1. Communications sent to or from campaigns.
2. Complaints lodged against campaigns or the Division of Elections.
3. Enforcement actions/litigation relating to campaigns
4. Correspondence with local elections authorities
5. Emails between Division of Election authorities

Here are search terms you might find useful. I also combined all the search terms into two Boolean searches you could cut, paste and enter – I figure that’d be way easier for any system that allows Boolean searches.

A. “Hackers,” “Hacker,” “Hacktivism,” “Hacktivist” “Cyber Security” or “Cybersecurity”
B. “Advanced persistent threat,” “APT,” “Denial of Service,” or “DDoS”
C. “Malware,” “Ransomware ,” “antivirus, “anti-virus,” “Trojan” or both “Computer and Virus”
D. “CozyBear,” “Cozy Bear,” “Fancy Bear,” “FancyBear,” “MiniDuke,” “CosmicDuke,” “OnionDuke,” “CozyDuke,” “SeaDuke,” “CloudDuke,” “MiniDionis,” “HammerDuke,” “Hammertoss,” or “Sofacy”
E. “61398,” “Unit 8200,” “Codoso,” “Danti,” “EvilPost,” or “SPIVY”

In a standard Boolean search, you can search for these in two searches:

i. “Hackers” OR “Hacker” OR “Hacktivism” OR “Hacktivist” “Cyber Security” OR “Cybersecurity” OR “Advanced persistent threat” OR “APT” OR “Denial of Service” OR “DDoS” OR “Malware” OR “Ransomware “ OR “antivirus, “anti-virus” OR “Trojan” OR “CozyBear” OR “Cozy Bear” OR “Fancy Bear” OR “FancyBear” OR “MiniDuke” OR “CosmicDuke” OR “OnionDuke” OR “CozyDuke” OR “SeaDuke” OR “CloudDuke” OR “MiniDionis” OR “HammerDuke” OR “Hammertoss” OR “Sofacy”OR “61398” OR “Unit 8200” OR “Codoso” OR “Danti” OR “Platinum” OR “EvilPost” OR “SPIVY”

ii. Computer AND virus

For reference:
Group “A” describes general terms used in the discussion of cybersecurity.
Group “B” describes terms related to different types of cyber attacks.
Group “C” describes terms used in discussions of computer malware.
Group “D” describes names used to describe different Russian threat actors
Group “E” describes other state-run cyber groups