Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said.
[...] The new details, buttressed by a classified National Security Agency document recently disclosed by The Intercept, show the scope of alleged hacking that federal investigators are scrutinizing as they look into whether Trump campaign officials may have colluded in the efforts. But they also paint a worrisome picture for future elections: The newest portrayal of potentially deep vulnerabilities in the U.S.'s patchwork of voting technologies comes less than a week after former FBI Director James Comey warned Congress that Moscow isn't done meddling.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 16 2017, @06:00PM (2 children)
Liberals won't be happy until a hostile foreign governments stop fucking with the foundations of our democracy.
Your false equivalency is false.
(Score: 5, Touché) by bob_super on Friday June 16 2017, @06:41PM
The afterlife switchboard just called, asking in which order you would like to take the calls of all the foreign ex-leaders eager to point out the irony.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @05:42PM
lmao! since "fucking with the foundations of our democracy" is just for tammany hall career criminals at the dnc...