From the Brennan Center for Justice (https://www.brennancenter.org):
America’s intelligence agencies have unanimously concluded that possible cyberattacks on election infrastructure pose a clear and present danger — one that is likely to grow. The intelligence community is also unanimous in their conclusion that Moscow was behind a coordinated infiltration of America’s election infrastructure in 2016. “These actions are persistent, they’re pervasive, and they are meant to undermine America’s democracy on a daily basis, regardless of whether it is election time or not,” said Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence. Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma summed up this new reality for election officials by noting that “we must proactively work to ensure the security of our election infrastructure for the possibility of interference from not just Russia, but possibly another adversary like Iran or North Korea or a hacktivist group.”
The Brennan Center has put together a list of eight ways that we, as individuals, can help in preventing cyberattacks at https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/images/2018_08_ElectionSecurity_QuestionsBranded.pdf.
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