The Department of Homeland Security notified 21 states that it found evidence of Russian attempts to hack their elections systems, according to top state officials.
In a statement, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Michael Haas said that Wisconsin was one of 21 states that notified Friday about the Russian targeting, but DHS did not disclose which other states had been targeted.
The statement from WEC said that “Russian government cyber actors” unsuccessfully attempted to hack Wisconsin’s voter registration system in 2016.
The DHS revealed Internet-facing election infrastructure in Wisconsin was targeted by Russian government cyber actors who scanned Internet-connected election infrastructure, likely trying to obtain voter registration databases. – READ MORE
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