Catherine herridge has this story. Reporter the fourpage fbi flash alert was sent to Election Officials after foreign hackers targeted databases in at least two states. The fbi reports that eight ip addresses, each a code identifying an individual computer, used readily Available Software to scan the board of election websites for vulnerabilities. After a successful breach, voter data was stolen. Youre seeing more and more manifestations of cyber warfare to undermine the trust and confidence in american institutions, like the electoral system. Reporter the alert asks that states contact the board of elections and determine if any similar activity to their logs have been detected. Jeh johnson held a Conference Call with Election Officials in mid august, Offering Services to scan for weakness and shore up the voting systems. The white house said its considering whether the electoral process that would give the federal government more of a role in assisting the administrators of those net
Catherine herridge has this story. Reporter the fourpage fbi flash alert was sent to Election Officials after foreign hackers targeted databases in at least two states. The fbi reports that eight ip addresses, each a code identifying an individual computer, used readily Available Software to scan election websites for vulnerabilities. After a successful breach, voter data was stolen. Youre seeing more and more manifestations of cyber warfare to undermine the trust and confidence in american institutions, like the electoral system. Reporter the alert asks that states contact the board of elections and determine if any similar activity to their logs have been detected. Jeh johnson held a Conference Call with Election Officials in mid august, Offering Services to scan for weakness and shore up the voting systems. The white house said its considering whether the electoral process that would give the federal government more of a role in assisting the administrators of those networks as they