The Cybersecurity 202: Sanders and Warren still mum on campaign protections against hackers

With just three weeks to go before the Iowa caucuses, two top-polling Democratic candidates are still declining to say how they’re protecting their campaigns against hacking.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — who are among six candidates squaring off at tonight’s Democratic debate in Des Moines — both refused this week to say whether they’re following basic cybersecurity precautions recommended by the Democratic National Committee.
That puts the two top progressives in the race at odds with four other candidates who will take the stage tonight: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and businessman Tom Steyer. Representatives for those candidates all told me they were taking numerous steps to protect their campaigns against hacking, including mandating cybersecurity training for staff and requiring that staff use extra security precautions before accessing smartphones and websites.
The refusal sounded alarm bells for some cybersecurity advocates with memories of how Russian hackers breached Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and strategically released embarrassing emails to damage her candidacy. That hack was part of a broad Russian effort to hurt Clinton and help Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded. Now they’re warning that not only Russia, but also China and Iran “all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions” in 2020.
“In 2016, we saw how lax cyber hygiene led directly to foreign interference in the election,” Maurice Turner, an election security expert at the Center for Democracy and Technology think tank, told me. “Campaigns at this level are the equivalent of a midsize nationwide business with annual revenue nearing $100 million dollars. Appropriate investments need to be made in security to protect the candidate and staff, as well as the personal data of donors and volunteers.”
Sanders and Warren previously declined to discuss their campaign cybersecurity protections in June and September. Sanders's campaign told me, “We don't comment on matters of security” and a Warren representative said, “We’re not going to broadcast our cybersecurity practices out in public.” The stance was the same when I contacted both of their campaigns on the subject this week



All they had to say we are taking steps to security….on our systems....

And for me I never believe Trump won the election he was here the night before election in Grand Rapids Mich,with little crap DeVos

what where they planning...

Come to find out she was on the computer systems all sudden she had a job...We lost several thousands votes in Detroit.. I agree with Carter his not legit president the election was rig....Hillary is the rightful president...

we need protection now just my opinion











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