Lansing —Since hackers have targeted the election systems of more than 20 states, cyber-security experts say Michigan should change its policy and routinely audit a sample of its paper ballots to protect against election fraud.
Voter registration lists were hacked recently in Arizona and Illinois. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security would not acknowledge whether those particular systems were breached, butSecretary Jeh Johnson said hackers “in a few cases … gained access to state voting-related systems.”
The department would not disclose whether Michigan was one of “a large number of state systems” scanned by hackers in preparation for possible attacks, but the Michigan Secretary of State’s office said the state’s voter registration lists have not been targeted or affected.
A Homeland Security official confirmed to the Associated Press that voter registration lists in more than 20 states were targeted in recent months. For the full article click here
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