down. it s the fault of the media and people in our business from not calling into account more than they have been. so that s one of the ongoing mysteries. james fouts of the atlantic and michael izicoff. gentlemen, i appreciate it. the msnbc website has the report on what appears to be the first documented case of a descri cyberattack in florida. it involved in the august 14th primary. editor michael broncert joins us live. michael this happened a while back. august 14th, the primary. explain what we ve been able to uncover? this has been quietly unfolding down in florida since december when a grand jury issued a report looking at a lot of absentee ballot irregulations
infallible as they need to be to really protect the integrity of the vote. so, as you know, there s been a rush to kind of move into this online because it offers such a huge financial advantage for the elections officials, just kind of an ease to get people to vote. so, i think that there is a long way to go to really ensure that these things have the integrity they need to have. veil fascinating read. michael, thanks for coming in. appreciate it. you can read more about this exclusive report. i encourage you to do so on our nbc website. taking a closer look at the white house. the president is expected to announce his new pick for labor secretary in just a few minutes. we re going to take you back to the white house as soon as we see the president come out. stick around. trips. mr. wiggles and curling irons. for the little mishaps you feel, use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster neosporin. also try neosporin eczema essentials.
that had gone on. included in that report somebody mentioned they fraudulently used a computer program to obtain absentee ballots. from an i.p. address. the voters in many cases had no idea that the requests were being made in their own name. it s not clear whether the bogus requests were to influence a specific race or test the system? exactly. that is correct. there have been other taxi previously of like taking down a state department website or something, you know, and just providing information. but this was actually an attack on the voting process itself. so that s the distinction. michael, this is just one of the fears of using an online voting system as we look to how voting will change. a story on the website, and some called malware, right? correct. that can be used to cast votes and spoofing of an election website. so take us through some of the