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  "id": 15621441,
  "title": "Sources: DHS officials asked CISA to hack a voting machine to report vulnerabilities to the White House without telling the vendor; the request wasn't acted on (ProPublica)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/sources-dhs-officials-asked-cisa-to-hack-a-voting-machine-to-report",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:10:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Reporting Highlights — An Unusual Request: Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted the agency …",
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}