Russians attempted to hack elections systems in Wisconsin and 20 other states in the run-up to last year's presidential election, Wisconsin officials said Friday.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified states of the attempted breaches on Friday, said Michael Haas, director of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The attempt in Wisconsin was unsuccessful, he said.
According to the Associated Press, Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and Washington were also among the 21 states targeted.
Wisconsin's voter registration system was targeted, as were election systems in other states that have a presence on the internet, Haas said. Haas said he did not know which states other than Wisconsin were part of the attempt by what Homeland Security officials told him were “Russian government cyber actors."
I am not at all convinced that these were only "attempts."
I think there had to be some successful hacks, and I would not to at all surprised to learn that there were a number of them.
I also think that ultimately we will learn that there more than 21 states targeted.
As I have said before, we are still at the beginning of all this and it is certain that there is so much, much more we are going to learn.
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