The Overlooked Weak Link in Election Security

Using a checklist developed by Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, ProPublica asked county election officials about their email systems, as well as about cybersecurity protections for voting machines and computers that check in voters at polling sites. [...]elections offic...

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Published inProPublica
Main Authors Gillum, Jack, Huseman, Jessica
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York ProPublica 14.09.2018
Subjects
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Democracy
Election results
Electronic mail systems
Employees
Local elections
Mueller, Robert S III
Passwords
Podesta, John
Voter registration
Voting machines
Cook County Illinois
New York
United States > US
Kentucky
Minnesota
Chicago Illinois
Kansas
California
New Jersey
Washington DC
Las Vegas Nevada
Iowa
Colorado
Texas
Illinois
Ohio
Arizona
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Summary:Using a checklist developed by Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, ProPublica asked county election officials about their email systems, as well as about cybersecurity protections for voting machines and computers that check in voters at polling sites. [...]elections officials have to compete for IT resources and attention. Besides Orange, Olmsted, Cook, and Fayette, the counties without two-factor authentication were: