A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security expressed high confidence in the security of voting systems on Super Tuesday, saying “all systems look green” nationwide.<\/p>\n
The top official with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) told reporters Tuesday that while there is “constant” disinformation efforts on social media directed at elections, the activity was “low level” and CISA had not seen any increase as voters head to the polls in 14 states.<\/p>\n
“We need to mindful that there is just that chronic level of misinformation and disinformation, whether it’s the Russians or anyone else,” the official told reporters. “There is a low level here of constant activity, but at the moment, we are not seeing any appreciable increase or spike in activity.”<\/p>\n
CISA is one of the federal agencies that works with state and local officials to boost election security protocols.<\/p>\n
The agency on Tuesday said it was operating as a “national cybersecurity situational room” to allow for “rapid sharing of information” on threats to elections between officials at all levels of government.<\/p>\n
The CISA official said that as of midday, there were no signs of cyber targeting or hacking of election infrastructure, and that “everything we are aware of has been resolved, more of a tech glitch than anything. All systems look green right now across the country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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