State voting officials join CISA security call with election 85 days away
CISA, the federal agency tasked with protecting the cybersecurity of the nation's critical infrastructure, held a conference call with state election officials to discuss the upcoming midterms. Despite President Trump's claims about the risk of hackers targeting voting systems, this was one of CISA's first broad outreach efforts with Election Day just 85 days away. Liz Landers reports.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held a conference call with state election officials to discuss the upcoming midterms, 85 days before Election Day. This was one of CISA's first broad outreach efforts, according to PBS NewsHour.
The call comes amid concerns about the risk of hackers targeting voting systems.
There was no information in the reports about the content of the call.
Brief written by urgent.news from PBS NewsHour, Meduza (English) — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.