Cybersecurity officials start focusing on the 2020 elections
An unprecedented federal and state collaboration to defend election systems against Russian interference ended with no obvious voting system compromises, although it’s not entirely clear why.
Federal officials are wondering whether foreign agents are saving their ammunition for the 2020 presidential showdown or planning a late-stage misinformation campaign to claim Tuesday's election had been tainted. It doesn't change how vulnerable most states are to possible interference.
"They've shown will, they've shown the capability," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. "I certainly can't speak to why they're doing or not doing something. But I would just offer to put it in a broader perspective — they have a full-court press through many means ... to try to affect our democracy."
