User Clip: Feinstein-Priestap on Russian Hacking of Election
Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked FBI Acting Director of Counterintelligence questions about Russia hacking of 2016 presidential election.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked FBI Acting Director of Counterintelligence questions about Russia hacking of 2016 presidential election.
After he defines the term “unwitting agent.” Assistant Director of the Counter Intelligence Division of the FBI Bill Priestap declines to comment on whether or not candidate Trump helped Ru…
Senators on the Intelligence Committee are told that election systems in 21 states were targeted but that no vote tallies were altered.
Computer science professor whose research focuses on computer security and privacy has (with colleagues) studied voting machines and tested and verified that they can be hacked by foreign ac…
King: What are the three most important things to do for states to protect against an attack we know is coming? Halderman: Use paper ballots. Check enough of those after the election, using …
Those 21 state officials may not even have been notified that someone was "rattling the doorknobs" to check if their election system was accessible. A hacker could disrupt a single jurisdict…
Senators Told 21 States Were Targeted By Russia in 2016 Election
Faith in the integrity of our election system
Bill Priestap, Assitant Director of Counterintelligence Division FBI, clearly explains why the Russian interference is not FAKE NEWS and why we need to investigate it. NO ONE IS QUESTIONING …
University of Michigan professor J. Alex Halderman speaks about election security
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Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who sits on the recently-created Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, testified before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on election …
HEINRICH: Are -- are you familiar with the term unwitting agent? PRIESTAP: Yes, I am. HEINRICH: Can you kind of summarize what that is for us? PRIESTAP: In an intelligence context, it …
Sen. Risch: If you were sitting in Russia and wanted to hack voting systems, would that ability depend on those machines being connected to the Internet? Halderman: That would depend on whet…
Russian Interference in U.S. Elections Federal intelligence and cybersecurity officials as well as state government and election board leaders testified before the Senate Intelligence Commit…
West Virginia senator confirms with the agency responsible for election cybersecurity there was no voter fraud. Fully confident Russia hacked systems of 21 states.
"I don't blame you for not answering that question." (laughter)
During 2016 election, up to 20 state networks had been probed by "entities essentially rattling the doorknobs." Foreign hackers were able to gain access to voter registration systems in Ariz…
Vote-by-mail ballots would be counted using optical scanners. You need three things for reliable elections: paper, auditing, and otherwise good security. "It would be difficult or impossible…