Welp , all thosecrazy rumorsthat Russia ’s plotting to meddle in the November election and hack our voting machines may not be so crazy after all .
According to FBI documentsrecently obtained by Yahoo , late last calendar month alien hacker access state election arrangement databases in Illinois and Arizona , and managed to steal voter registration data from M of citizen . It is n’t proof irrefutable that hackers could really affect the result of an election , but it raises some serious questions about how good the US voting organization really is – specially look at howoutrageously outdated many of our polling computersare .
Although the alert – which was sent out by the FBI ’s Cyber Division – does n’t mention whether the attacks were plug into , nor link the hackers to any especial res publica , the FBI is convinced it was a alien attack , according to Yahoo . And while it or may not have originated in Russia , a cybersecurity expert who seem at the document claim one of the eight IP address involved has antecedently popped up in Russian criminal underground drudge forums .
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As a result of the breach , the FBI is advocate election officials across the country to step up security system systems and protocols , and it propel the Department of Homeland Security toconvene a conference callwith election leader nationwide .
Some hope this will finally convince the Department of Homeland Security to designate state election organisation as part of the land ’s " critical infrastructure , " which would mean they ’d call for federal security . And really , it ’s kind of bonkers to think something so sacred to our republichasn’tbeen considered critical infrastructure . But until that happens , election officials are strongly bucked up to go through precautionary measure to keep hackers out , like keeping the electronic voting machines disconnected from the internet on ballot day , and conducting so - called " vulnerability scans " on its databases .
Experts are downplayingthe likelihood of an all - out cab that would upend the presidential election . Still , the incident is spooky considering the recentRussian hack of the DNC , and thestrategic bromancePutin has been propagating with Donald Trump .
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