{"id":26164,"date":"2017-09-22T22:22:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T22:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/22\/federal-government-notifies-21-states-of-election-hacking\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:22:10","slug":"federal-government-notifies-21-states-of-election-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2017\/09\/22\/federal-government-notifies-21-states-of-election-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal government notifies 21 states of election hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government told The Associated Press last year that more than 20 states were targeted by hackers believed to be Russian agents before the 2016 elections. But for many states, the calls Friday from the Department of Homeland Security were the first official confirmation of whether their states were on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AP contacted every state election office on Friday. While not all of them responded immediately, those that said they were targeted were Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government did not say who was behind the hacking attempts or provide details about what had been sought. But election officials in three states said Friday the attempts could be linked to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wisconsin Election Commission, for example, said the state\u2019s systems were targeted by \u201cRussian government cyber actors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t