FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and holding it hostage until they get paid. The fear is that such attacks could affect voting systems directly or even indirectly, by infecting broader government networks that include electoral databases.
On the spectrum of threats from the fantastical to the more probable, experts and officials say ransomware is a particularly realistic possibility because the attacks are already so pervasive and lucrative. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have issued advisories to local governments, including recommendations for preventing attacks.
The number of attacks has escalated in recent years, with targets including Texas’ transportation agency and city computers in New Orleans. A December report by cybersecurity firmattacks against at least 966 entities that interrupted 911 services, rendered medical records inaccessible and hindered police background checks.
In West Virginia, state officials are more concerned about the cyberthreat confronting its 55 county election offices than a direct attack on the statewide voter registration system. One click from a county employee falling victim to a spearphishing attack could grant a hacker access to the county network and eventually to election systems.
In many states, local officials will face an influx of new ballot requests. That means they’ll need constant access to voter data as they handle these requests. An attack could cause major disruptions.
Sounds like a scared parties propoganda or some more interference. As divided as our media jad
Latvian and Lithuanian hackers intend to beat Russians to it and take over U.S. election operations.
What another great reason to have mail in elections..
Fortunately we all have hand marked paper ballots that the election experts recommended. Not.
The most powerful country in the world cannot protect their elections. But spends the most money ever spent in human history on “defense”. What an embarrassment or “pretend” attacks for other motives.
Paper ballots hello .. Democrat driven media hype.
Ringing jennycohn1 ...
There is already a 'ransom attack' on the election going on right now. I am not part of the intelligence services, but nonetheless I can tell you for sure that it's coming from... the president of the United States and from some members of his crime syndicate.
EVM's are too vulnerable! Paper ballots only Open precincts starting Saturday Hire & pay additional staff, Especially vote counters
Paper ballots
We should all get paper ballots and mail them in to be safe.
It’s time to call the United Nations in to run our elections. This country is unable to do so anymore.
But the warnings are being ignored and swept under the rug by senatemajldr gopleader and the rest of the GOP including my senator sencorygardner. GOPVoterSuppression GOPBetrayedAmerica
More like the democrats sounding alarm so they can have mail in ballots and cheat.
Paper ballots.
They will be batting for Trump.
It doesn’t work on paper - let’s go back to paper
Who has confidence after we found out the rolls were hacked? Google 'Reality Winner Prison.'
Sounds like tRump propaganda.
Here we go, help Trump by reinforcing his idea the election is corrupt before it even happens. Go to paper ballots only to eliminate the potential and mail them in, count them by machine not connected to the internet, then have them recounted.
So basically the feds are admitting that since 2016 they haven’t secured our election process. Well done.
Don't let the Democrat supporters read this. They will call it a hoax.
I wonder who(Putin) would be behind that? And I wonder why the US ignored the common knowledge 'new' voting machines were highly susceptible to hacking?
Trump is an existential threat to 🇺🇸. he must be defeated and elected republicans of conscience must tell him if he attempts anything like this, he'll be impeached
So a nice paper mail in ballot would be perfect to get around that. Something in hand to count rather than numbers in a computer. 😹
you mean the russian machines his daughter bought just might be trouble?!? letting foreign countries buy our surplus machines may have been a problem? who could have seen something like that coming...
The senate GOP has rejected three eletion security bills without offering one of their own. Its clear one party is concerned about election security and the other isnt.
Pelosi for president!
PA07 paper ballot. We will not know for months after legal challenges
Trump and his instigators sent you that story.
This article is an attempt to rattle election confidence.
Hmm I wonder if there's an alternative to electronic voting...let me think ..hmm
Probably China, worried its pandemic didn't work.
A company called Bio-key international $BKYI may have the solution
You should report on the volume of regular election mail in votes. This is a non issue. Trump is planting fake news to try to instill fear. vote
I’m assuming trump is ok with it
Paper ballots, bitches. Please, let’s figure out how to run a proper elections. High school proms manage this every single year, all over the country.
Can’t ransomware mail in ballots....
I have an idea- restore the USPS and VOTE BY MAIL!
So you guys are starting the excuses early this year. Normally this doesn’t happen until October at least.
You should know...the media is malware .
Paper ballots would circumvent this...
Solution to your problem is at your finger tips $BKYI 😉
Oh right...I noticed omitted the word “foreign”... very well done.
Wait till the masses get suckered into the cashless society group think.
It's ok, media are taking care of trying to rattle confidence in the vote already
It's so easy to secure integrity of our elections, but certain politicians do and say anything to prevent that, while their sheep follow.
The left is building the narrative for the post election Biden loss.
Cheating, you mean cheating
Exactly why the US Post office is a MUST!!!!
inkedtater 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Wait wait. What about the murder hornets? You’re going straight to ransomware now?
As long as trump loses I'm fine with it
Paper ballots
Kushners are working hard to make this happen
Electronic voting is still a bad idea. Voting machines are so easily hackable, it's hilarious. Have you seen the DefCon voting machine hackathon? We got Doom to run on a standard system and gained admin access to machines in as little as 15 seconds.
Rattle confidence?! America is not that democratic anyway.
The Russians and Chinese on the test phase. Actual deployment will come in November.
Attention Shoppers: To insure your vote is counted, do NOT wait until November 3, 2020. To that end, vote as soon as your state allows 'early' voting – generally 5TH of October. That is all... CC: FoxNews CC: BBC CC: USATODAY CC: CNN BCC: NatlGovsAssoc
So funny. 😂 The FBI, DOJ & the CIA tried to take out our duly elected President. Nobody has been held accountable. Other countries interfering in our elections is the least of our problems.
Just mask up, a face shield if you like and get to the polls with your ID , it’s the only way you can be sure your vote is counted. Mass mail in vote will give you a 20% chance that your vote will NOT be counted!
Another spin to force folks to acquiesce to mail-in voting. In-person, voter id is the only way.
Computerized voting is a really profoundly bad idea.
We don’t need outside influences over our elections we have the mainstream media for that.
Wasn't there a bill sent to McConnell's desk to beef up security for the election? I wonder what happened to it...Oh yeah it's still sitting on his desk.
The FBI & Department of Homeland Security issued adviseries. These are the same people using tear gas, beanbag rounds, tear gas & kidnapping against peaceful protestors, medical teams & journalists at BLM & Defund the Police protests. This is the new corporate talking point. 😷
Now how is paper mail-in more corruptable?
We need in person ballot voting with strong federal voter ID. Only morons would be opposed to this. Why would we want questionable voting
Where is the voting being done online?
Good old fashioned paper ballots for everyone except Military and handicapped can mail/absentee vote
AP, a pathetic Democrat propaganda rag, will never scare people into the easily manipulated paper ballot method.
Mail in voting works for me. Let’s go!!!
Order you absentee ballot now! Drive it to your local election office and put it in the box. Post office or ransomware can’t stop that!
inkedtater
pushingMailInVote
Mail in votes are not the same as absentee ballots. Fraud is inescapable.
WEAR A MASK AND GO TO THE POLLING LOCATIONS, BRING OUT THE OLD MANUAL VOTING MACHINES OR VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOT. EXTEND POLLING TIME MORNING AND EVENING ON ELECTION DAY TO ACCOMMOATE SOCIAL DISTANCING. THAT'S IT. HANGING CHADS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN HACKED VOTING MACHINES.
Try to ransomware a paper ballot
Next up. Aliens.
Why do we only care about elections every four years. Why didn't we fix the 'election problems' after the last election or the one before that or the one...... This is obviously a political weapon each party uses to drum up their base.
What “Federal Authorities” said this? How convenient.
Paper ballots? We do it in Canada, and we know the results the very same night. Safe, and proven...
. Please tell me why you’ve waited until now to publish this story? Irresponsible. You’ve known all these things for months/years. At this late stage you’re risking promoting voter suppression. WHY didn’t you publish earlier?
No need for a ransomeware. Just keep on allowing Trump to tweet to 40M folks that the election is rigged for the next 3 months and they will believe it
Hmmm who are those 'Federal Authorities ' you speak of?
we should just postpone the election.
Trump will try anything to avoid elections.
I don’t hear the alarm. Where is it?
We have the press for that.
That’s why mail-in is better.
Are we really so gullible as to think it would matter...?
Donald & his best friend Vladimir want to manipulate US election like last time.
Orchestré par les Barbouzes de Trump 😈!!!
Fucken Russia
So what are the Feds ding about it? What’s the Fed government doing? Serve protect constitution
By posting this article duh
You can’t hack paper ballots filled out in person.
Mail in voting and all paper ballots would help solve the problem and serve as an audit trail.
How about a jar full of beans and you put a bean into the jar for your candidate.
I think the current president is already doing all he can to “disrupt elections” and “rattle confidence in the vote.”
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