Tagged: election hackers
The Election Network
‘Possible’ More Counties Than Now Known Were Hacked In 2016, Florida Delegation Says
Florida lawmakers were angry Thursday when they emerged from an FBI briefing that left them with unanswered questions about the two county election offices in their state that were breached by Russian cyberattacks in 2016. The bipartisan group of members of Congress was most frustrated with not learning about the hacks sooner. The first word of at […]
The Election Network
Hacktivists, Bots, Elections: Indonesia Stepping Up Its Cybersecurity
In response to hacktivists, bots and election insecurity, an expert in Jakarta has said the government should be thanked for their role in improving cybersecurity in Indonesia in the past five years, including during elections. “I’m seeing really good progress in Indonesian cybersecurity. A few years ago, it wasn’t as strong,” Fernando Serto, director of security […]
The Election Network
Ukraine ready to take on Russian election hackers
At the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service more than a dozen local and Western security experts watch a simulated foreign cyber attack on several big screens ahead of this month’s presidential vote. During the joint EU-Ukraine cyber security drills the Westerners pretend to be hackers attacking the country’s central election commission, while the Ukrainians […]