How hackers are unable to hack into computers of American electoral commissions
The Ministry of internal security of the United States officially informed the authorities of the 21 States that on the eve of last year’s election, hackers attempted to information contained in computers at their election commissions.
Vladimir Kozlovsky.
Russian service Bi-bi-si, new York.
DHS has not announced what the United States has received such notice, but the AP calling the election Commission, revealed their list.
It includes States in which in November 2016 unfolded decisive battles, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The feds, as reported, did not say who was behind the hacking attempts, pre-election, but officials in several election commissions, told reporters that it definitely was about the Russian hackers.
For example, the Director of the Alaska Commission Joseph Benke told the AP that his system was scanned in the search for vulnerabilities from computers located in Russia.
MVB for the first time said that about a year ago the electoral system in some States has been the subject of interest of hackers, possibly associated with Russia.
In June, his representatives said that individuals associated with the Russian authorities, trying to crack the computers of the 21 States, but the Ministry informed about their power only on Friday.