Russia targeted elections systems in all 50 states, Senate report says

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https://www.cnet.com/news/russia-targeted-elections-systems-in-all-50-states-senate-report-says/

By Corinne Reichert and Andrew Morse
CNet News
July 25, 2019

Russia likely targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016 [PDF], the 
Senate Intelligence Committee has revealed, indicating the interference was far 
wider than previously known. The report published Thursday also concluded that 
there was no evidence that any votes were changed.

"DHS assessed that the searches, done alphabetically, probably included all 50 
states, and consisted of research on 'general election-related web pages, 
voterID information, election system software, and election service 
companies'," the report says.

"Neither DHS nor the Committee can ascertain a pattern to the states targeted, 
lending credence to DHS's later assessment that all 50 states probably were 
scanned."

During the first known breach by Russian state actors in Illinois during the 
election, the report says, "Russian cyber actors were in a position to delete 
or change voter data, but the Committee is not aware of any evidence that they 
did so."

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