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Russia Targeted All 50 States in 2016 Election Hacking Campaign, Senate Report Confirms

posted by martyb on Friday July 26 2019, @11:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-looking? dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

Russian hackers probed election systems in all 50 states, a new Senate report confirmed Thursday.

The report comes one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller told Congress that the Russian government is working to meddle in U.S. elections "as we sit here."

"It wasn't a single attempt," Mueller said Wednesday of Russia's 2016 election interference. "They're doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign."

The bipartisan report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released Thursday confirmed previous comments by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Russian hackers scanned election systems in all 50 states ahead of the 2016 presidential election. DHS initially acknowledged Russian attempts to hack into election systems in just 21 states.

Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election hacking campaign, Senate report confirms

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday July 27 2019, @03:39AM

    by RS3 (6367) on Saturday July 27 2019, @03:39AM (#871746)

    A big part of the problem is that the sheeple are told it's complex technology being innovated by experts. Run along now, nothing to see here.

    I would be _very_ _happy_ to be part of a citizens' watchdog / oversight / inspection task force.

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