DHS is creating a program to keep voter registration databases from being infected with ransomware in an effort to avoid a disastrous Election Day scenario in which a malicious actor would lock up the systems used to verify who is allowed to vote
The program, which will consist of outreach to state and local government officials, will launch in roughly a month, an agency spokesman confirmed. "Recent history has shown that state and county governments and those who support them are targets for ransomware attacks. Voter registration databases could be an attractive target for these attacks," Chris Krebs, DHS's top cyber official, said in a statement provided to CNN.News of the program was first reported by Reuters.
In July testimony before Congress, Mueller warned that Moscow continues to probe for weaknesses in the US election system."They're doing it as we sit here," Mueller told lawmakers of Russian interference. FBI Director Christopher Wray had told Senate lawmakers the same thing two days earlier, but added that the bureau has the problem in hand. "The Russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections," Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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