CISA and FBI say they have not seen cyber-attacks this year on voter registration databases – Cyber Security Review

CISA and FBI say they have not seen cyber-attacks this year on voter registration databases

Posted onSeptember 2, 2020AuthorCyber Security Review

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that they have not seen any cyber-attacks target US voter registration databases and voting systems this year.

The two agencies issued a joint statement today after an article in Russian media had gone viral earlier this morning.

The article, published by Russian news agency Kommersant, claimed that a Russian hacker had obtained voter records for more than 7.6 million Michigan voters following an intrusion into the state’s database earlier this year, in March.