States ramping up defenses against election hacks
States across the nation are ramping up their digital defenses to prevent the hacking of election systems in 2018.
The efforts come in the wake of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, which state officials say was a needed wake up call on cybersecurity threats to election systems and infrastructure.
“We’ve upgraded all of our security,” said Michele Reagan, the Arizona secretary of state. “Some of the things I can’t talk about because, of course, we don’t want to give the bad guys a road map.”
Arizona was one of several states whose election systems Russian hackers are believed to have targeted ahead of the presidential election. The state was forced to shut down its voter registration system for several days last summer, after a hacker gained access to a computer connected to the database.
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