US preps voting systems against ransomware attacks ahead of 2020 elections

The US government is looking to protect voter registration databases and systems from ransomware attacks ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — a division of the Homeland Security Department instituted by president Donald Trump in November last year — fears the databases could be at the receiving end of a ransomware attack. To that effect, it aims to launch a program for election officials in about a month to offer support for remote computer penetration testing, and vulnerability scans. “Intelligence officials are concerned that foreign hackers in 2020 not only will target the databases…

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