Cyber Ninjas
Private firm that ran the Arizona Senate's 2021 review of Maricopa County ballots.
The Florida firm behind Arizona's 2021 review of 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots shut down in January 2022. Its review is the reference point for California's 24 September 2026 ruling that a sheriff unlawfully seized 650,000 ballots.
Last refreshed: 1 October 2026
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Mentioned in: Bianco must hand back 650,000 ballots
US Midterms 2026Background
Cyber Ninjas was a Florida-based private firm that the Arizona Senate hired to lead its 2021 review of about 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 election. The work followed a state judge's ruling in February 2021 upholding the Senate's subpoenas for the ballots.
The Firm's review reported that Joe Biden had won 360 more votes than the official count. Maricopa County officials later said nearly 80 of its claims were misleading or false. Cyber Ninjas shut down in January 2022, while a Maricopa County judge was threatening it with fines of $50,000 a day over public-records requests.
Its name now stands for ballots taken out of election officials' custody for a partisan recount. That comparison came back on 24 September 2026, when California's seven justices unanimously found that Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County acted illegally in taking roughly 650,000 ballots. Cyber Ninjas had no role in the California case.