DHS tells states about Russian hacking during 2016 election

The Washington Post: The Department of Homeland Security contacted election officials in 21 states Friday to notify them that they had been targeted by Russian government hackers during the 2016 election campaign.

Three months ago, DHS officials said that people connected to the Russian government tried to hack voter registration files or public election sites in 21 states, but Friday was the first time that government officials contacted individual state election officials to let them know their systems had been targeted.

Officials said DHS told officials in all 50 states whether their systems had been attacked or not.

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