Hack of voters’ confidence may be biggest threat to 2020

September 23, 2019

The greatest threat to the 2020 presidential election may not be hacking of voting systems, but the hacking of Americans’ faith in their elections, security insiders said at a cybersecurity summit in Washington, D.C. this week. “If we keep telling voters that elections are screwed up then they’re going to start believing us and stop voting,” said Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

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