Homeland Security: 21 States Were Targets Of Election Hacking Last Year

Voter wait in line outside a polling place at the Nativity School on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Voters wait in line outside a polling place at the Nativity School on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

(AP) — The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.

States that told The Associated Press they had been targeted include Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. In most cases, they had not known until notified Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security officials tell the AP that in September hackers believed to be Russian agents targeted voter registration systems in more than 20 states.

The disclosure to the states comes as a special counsel probes whether there was any coordination during the 2016 presidential campaign between Russia and associates of Donald Trump.

Trump won the election and calls the Russia story a hoax.

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  1. This is not the time to talk about this. Period.

  2. in most cases the systems were not breached

    These assurances get flimsier and flimsier.

  3. We need a bogus election system–security commission to produce a report strongly recommending that all voter registrations be wiped and started again from scratch.

    Then the commission should hold some hearings, consult with experts, and read reports so they can say that they did those things.

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