2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/DHS/RUSSIA: “A senior Department of Homeland Security official told Congress on Wednesday [6-21-17] that federal investigators had evidence that the Russian government targeted election systems in nearly two dozen states during the 2016 elections.
‘As of right now, we have evidence of election-related systems in 21 states that were targeted,’ said Jeanette Manfra, the acting deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and communications at DHS. Her remarks came in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is conducting a wide-ranging probe of Russian activities in the elections.
It was the first time a DHS official had publicly quantified the number of states targeted by the hacking.
Ms. Manfra didn’t make clear whether those penetration attempts were successful, nor did she name any of the 21 states—citing the privacy rights of entities that contacted DHS for help on cybersecurity-related issues. Only two states—Arizona and Illinois—have publicly acknowledged that their systems were targeted.”
-Byron Tau, “Official Says Russia Targeted 21 States for Election Hacking,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 21, 2017 10:46am