A security researcher found a Florida Department of Revenue website was exposing taxpayers' sensitive personal data.

The Idaho secretary of state's office created a vulnerability disclosure policy, allowing researchers to test election-related websites for potential flaws.

While Missouri Gov. Mike Parson lashed out at the journalist who reported the flaw, it had been present for nearly a decade, state police found.

Gov. Mike Parson last year demanded an investigation into St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who discovered a vulnerability in a state agency's website.

As Gov. Mike Parson digs in against the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for finding a flaw on a state website, records show the paper followed the proper steps…

A St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter notified a state agency that it was exposing sensitive personal data. Gov. Mike Parson wants the paper investigated.

Under the policy, security researchers can report flaws in websites run by the secretary of state, including voter registration and election results.

The first-in-the-nation policy allows independent researchers to look for flaws in voter registration websites across the state's 88 counties.