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House Democrats Request Investigations, Briefing From DHS On Russian Voting System Attacks

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

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House Democrats Request Investigations, Briefing From DHS On Russian Voting System Attacks

House Democrats are requesting Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) bring DHS and FBI officials to brief all members of Congress on future election security priorities and direct all relevant committees to investigate Russian attempts to hack into 21 states’ voting systems during the 2016 election.In a letter sent Tuesday to Ryan, representatives from 18 of the states who faced election infrastructure hacking attempts signed the letter calling for bipartisan solutions to address remaining election vulnerabilities ahead of the 2018 midterms.“When a…

Army

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