NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it.
Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use CISA for its own ends.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DHS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Trump #USPolitics #Cybersecurity
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