Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and her office violated state security protocols that allowed the disclosure of election equipment passwords, an outside investigation released Monday finds.

The report comes from a law firm hired by the Secretary of State’s office to find out how the passwords for tabulation equipment ended up online.

A third-party law firm hired to investigate the Colorado secretary of state’s election system password breach found that passwords were posted online unintentionally, though two policies related to training and review of publicly posted documents were violated,

What we know about the investigations into Colorado's Secretary of State's office following the voting machine passwords fiasco and what happens next.

State lawmakers will not pursue research into the Colorado secretary of state’s office over an election systems password leak discovered earlier this year. The Legislative Audit Committee voted 4-4 on an audit request into the state Elections Division.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office violated two state information security policies that contributed to the accidental release of some voting system passwords before this year’s election, according to a third-party investigation released Monday morning.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office violated two state information security policies that contributed to the accidental release of some voting system passwords before this year’s election, accord

An independent review into how voting machine passwords were posted on the Colorado secretary of state's website is over.

On Monday, the Colorado Department of State reported that a third-party group, Baird Quinn, LCC, completed an investigation and offered recommendations following a password leak.