Department of Homeland Security hasn't seen any successful midterm cyberattacks

[Borealis]

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/415431-dhs-has-not-seen-successful-cyberattack-on-midterm-elections?amp=1

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it hadn't observed any successful cyberattacks by foreign adversaries on election systems in the United States during Election Day.

"We've not seen, or we're not aware, of any successful cybersecurity-related compromises of election infrastructure," a DHS official told reporters on a press call shortly after midnight
on Wednesday.

While not having a visible, successful cyberattack on voting systems is a victory for election officials after the Russian interference in 2016, it's possible that an attack could emerge in
the days after the election, or that an adversary could falsely claim it had interfered to try and undermine confidence in the results.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had made similar comments earlier Tuesday, saying there was "no indication of compromise to our nation's election infrastructure that
would prevent voting, change vote counts, or distrust the ability to tally votes."

Despite no signs of a cyberattack, officials have acknowledged that foreign influence campaigns remain a present threat against U.S. elections:

Facebook said late Tuesday that the more than 100 accounts it had pulled on Monday were connected to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll farm allegedly behind
online disinformation campaigns. Federal officials have been consistently warning about the influence campaigns.

Several intelligence and law enforcement agencies released a joint statement the night before the elections, saying that foreign nations "continue to try to influence public sentiment
and voter perceptions through actions intended to sow discord." And DHS officials reiterated that point to reporters during briefings throughout the day.

DHS will "be back at it tomorrow to identify those things that worked well and those areas that we need to improve upon" when it comes to addressing issues on Election Day, the
official said.

The official also said that 45 states had participated in the department's national situational awareness room - its center for identifying and sharing information about voting issues t
hroughout the day - but declined to say which states were not involved.

Chris Krebs, the chief cyber official at DHS, told reporters at a briefing during the day on Tuesday that reported upticks in cyberattacks on election systems were the result of states
sharing more information about the attempts to breach the systems, and not a rise in activity itself.

Even if foreign election interference took place during the midterms, it could be weeks before the public learns about it. Under an executive order signed by President Trump in
September, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will have 45 days to determine if any foreign election interference took place.

If the office found that it has, it will then refer the findings to DHS or the Department of Justice, which will have 45 additional days to decide if any punishment is necessary.

[ASparkle]

Does Brian Kemp not count?

[Froztshock]

Kemp is a shitstain but what he's doing is neither foreign nor a cyber attack. Just the usual contempt for democracy.

[Zero-Point]

What about the Texas voting machines?

[That Deer]

I think those were just glitchy pieces of shit. Wouldn’t be surprised with the contrary though.

[Mr. Someguy]

Guys this is about foreign hacking, not corrupt politicians or broken machines.