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County election communications aren't secure, grand jury claims

Original post made on Jul 31, 2019

As 2020 approaches, the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury has released a new report that raises concerns about the security of county elections. The threat: that the county's online election communications could be hacked.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 8:45 AM

Comments (2)

Posted by PS
a resident of another community
on Jul 31, 2019 at 7:57 am

Wow.

The person's quote makes no sense: "... our extensive voter education and outreach programs will protect the security and content of our elections web page."


Posted by Wilton Parmenter
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Jul 31, 2019 at 8:59 am

hmmmm, we can't stop phishing, the most basic kind of attack.

But, hey, pinkie-swear, the vote count systems are as secure as Fort Knox! Honest!

Maybe as secure as the Alamo?

Can they withstand a 13 day seige? From not just the Russians, but as we learned from the *president, any foreign country that wants to throw America into chaos? After all, he said he won't do anything about it. ANd thus far, proved he wasn't, for once, lying.


"Florida Governor (r) Says Russian Hackers Breached 2 Counties In 2016" Web Link

"Russian hackers breached the systems of two county elections systems in Florida in 2016, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday at a news conference....

The intrusions, which had not ever been publicly confirmed, were first disclosed in special counsel Robert Mueller's report about Russian interference in the 2016 election last month."



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