https://www.fifthdomain.com/critical-infrastructure/2019/11/06/us-officials-say-lead-up-to-2019-election-was-hack-free/
By Andrew Eversden
Fifth Domain
11/06/2019
Shortly before polls closed for state and local elections across the country,
top officials from several federal government agencies tasked with election
security said they had not seen evidence of “a compromise or disruption to
election infrastructure” that would prevent voting, change vote counts or
disrupt the ability to tally votes.
The joint statement came from Attorney General William Barr; Secretary of
Defense Mark Esper; Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan;
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire; FBI Director
Christopher Wray; U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul
Nakasone; and Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Agency.
The 2019 election represents another chance for federal, state and local
officials to improve election security practices ahead of the 2020 president
election. The federal government’s election security officials in all these
departments have repeatedly called for improvement in information sharing with
state and local governments, as well as between agencies.
“In an unprecedented level of coordination, the U.S. government is working with
all 50 states and U.S. territories, local officials, and private sector
partners to identify threats, broadly share information, and protect the
democratic process,” the statement read. “We remain firm in our commitment to
quickly share timely and actionable information, provide support and services,
and to defend against any threats to our democracy.”
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