State officials said they were confident no one tampered with the machines after discovering the password breach and that votes would be safe. But they still scrambled to fix the leak, identified Oct. 24.

A one-day trial over whether election machines in 34 Colorado counties should be shut down took place in Denver District Court on Monday, a day before the general election. At issue was a massive leak of hundreds of election equipment passwords,

Colorado leaders scrambled to shore up security around the state’s election voting machine system following a leak of partial passwords, deploying public safety and information technology teams to change passwords by the end of the day.

Passwords that make up part of the security system for computer equipment used in Colorado elections were published in a spreadsheet on the Secretary of State’s website. The posting of the “BIOS”

The Colorado Secretary of State's Office released more information about the online password leak on Monday, the day before the election.

A week after a Colorado election breach became public, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold revealed new details about how her office inadvertently posted voting equipment passwords online. Why it matters: The state's chief election official is doing damage control after the controversy exploded into the open and undermined trust in the state's election system.

I am regretful for this error. I am dedicated to making sure we address this matter fully and that mistakes of this nature never happen again,” Secretary of State Jenna Griswold said