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Following DNC Hack, Dems Urge DHS To Declare Election Systems As Critical Infrastructure

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 8th, 2016

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Following DNC Hack, Dems Urge DHS To Declare Election Systems As Critical Infrastructure

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.)

In the wake of cyber security breaches of two Democratic committees ahead of national elections in November, two Democrats in Congress are urging Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to determine that the nation’s election systems are critical infrastructure.“Election security is critical and a cyber attack by foreign actors on our election systems could compromise the integrity of our voting process,” Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told Johnson in a letter…

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