U.S. Girds for Possible Russian Meddling on Election Day
Since 2016, officials have hired technology experts, established training for poll workers, and in some cases purchased new voting equipment
Two years ago, Rob Silvers arrived at a nondescript federal building in the Virginia suburbs of Washington on election day, afraid America was about to be hit by a catastrophic cyberattack.
An alleged Russian operation to hack Democratic emails and peddle divisive disinformation was months in the making; election systems across the country had been probed by suspected Russian hackers; and one state—Illinois—had seen its voter registration database breached.
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