Washington (CNN) A small county in the Florida panhandle was one of the two counties in the state whose voter registration database was hacked by Russia during the 2016 election, according to The Washington Post.

Two US officials told the newspaper that the database of Washington County in Florida, with a population of about 25,000, was breached by Russian government hackers in 2016. The officials revealed the information to the Post under condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

Washington County has declined to comment to CNN.

The public first learned of the hacking from special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, which stated that "at least one" Florida county had been breached.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was briefed last Friday, revealed Tuesday that a second county in the state was hacked during the election.

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