Russian Election Hackers Hit 21 States, Official Tells Senate Panel

Twenty-one state election systems were targeted by Russian hackers during last year’s presidential election, a Department of Homeland Security official told the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday.

While Russian attempts to infiltrate state voting systems have been widely reported, this appears to be the first acknowledgment of the scope of the attempted hacking.

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