Elector Software Ltd

Elector Software Ltd, operating also under the alias Elector Software Ltd, is a software development firm headquartered in Israel. The company concentrates on building election‑focused software, notably applications that manage voter registrations, track political preferences, and support campaign operations for political parties. Its solutions are intended for use by Israeli political organizations that require secure handling of large datasets containing personal identifiers such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and ID card numbers. Elector Software Ltd’s expertise lies in integrating voter data management with user‑friendly interfaces that enable campaign staff to query, update, and analyze electorate information efficiently. The firm has delivered customized platforms to prominent Israeli parties, including the Likud party, for use during electoral cycles. While the company markets its tools as aids for democratic participation, its work inherently involves the processing of sensitive personal information on a national scale.

In March 2021, a security incident involving an election application created by Elector Software Ltd for the Likud party led to the unauthorized exposure of personal data belonging to millions of Israeli voters. The compromised dataset included full names, residential addresses, phone numbers, ID card numbers, and the political preferences of the affected individuals. Threat actors identifying themselves as “The Israeli Autumn” initially encrypted the stolen information and attempted to extort the company by demanding the shutdown of the application. When Elector Software Ltd did not comply with the extortion demand, the attackers released the decryption keys publicly, which allowed the leaked data to be decrypted and circulated widely. Prior to this breach, a separate vulnerability had been discovered in the same application: a misconfigured API that exposed administrative credentials and a live database containing up‑to‑date voter registration records. This earlier flaw facilitated unauthorized access to the voter database and was later cited as a contributing factor to the larger data leak that followed.