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Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states during election: U.S. official
Source: Reuters
TECHNOLOGY NEWS | Wed Jun 21, 2017 | 10:46am EDT
Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states during election: U.S. official
Russian hackers targeted election systems belonging to 21 U.S. states in last year's presidential election, a U.S. official told Congress on Wednesday.
Jeanatte Manfra, the acting deputy undersecretary of cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security, declined to identify which states had been targeted, citing confidentiality agreements.
(Reporting by Dustin Volz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states during election: U.S. official
Russian hackers targeted election systems belonging to 21 U.S. states in last year's presidential election, a U.S. official told Congress on Wednesday.
Jeanatte Manfra, the acting deputy undersecretary of cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security, declined to identify which states had been targeted, citing confidentiality agreements.
(Reporting by Dustin Volz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-congress-idUSKBN19C1Y3
