22 Sep 2017 9:11 pm
10 months? Really?
One of the public's unanswered questions about Russia's attempts to break into election systems last year was which states were targeted. On Friday, states found out.
The Department of Homeland Security said earlier this year that it had evidence of Russian activity in 21 states, but it failed to inform individual states whether they were among those targeted.
Instead, DHS authorities say they told those who had "ownership" of the systems — which in some cases were private vendors or local election offices.
State election officials were finally contacted by federal authorities on Friday about whether their election systems were among those targeted for attack last year by Russian hackers.
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/552956517 ... t=20170922
One of the public's unanswered questions about Russia's attempts to break into election systems last year was which states were targeted. On Friday, states found out.
The Department of Homeland Security said earlier this year that it had evidence of Russian activity in 21 states, but it failed to inform individual states whether they were among those targeted.
Instead, DHS authorities say they told those who had "ownership" of the systems — which in some cases were private vendors or local election offices.
State election officials were finally contacted by federal authorities on Friday about whether their election systems were among those targeted for attack last year by Russian hackers.
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/552956517 ... t=20170922