{"id":15118,"date":"2018-08-14T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/14\/sen-nelson-foolish-to-deny-russian-election-system-penetration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:41:14","slug":"sen-nelson-foolish-to-deny-russian-election-system-penetration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2018\/08\/14\/sen-nelson-foolish-to-deny-russian-election-system-penetration\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Nelson: \u2018Foolish\u2019 to deny Russian election system penetration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson isn\u2019t backing down from comments that Russian operatives have penetrated some of his state\u2019s election systems ahead of this year\u2019s crucial election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson on Monday evening said that it would be \u201cfoolish to think\u201d the Russians are not continuing their efforts to target Florida. Russian hackers targeted at least 21 states, including Florida, ahead of the 2016 election. He said criticism of his comments are for \u201cpartisan political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/federal-oversight\/2018\/08\/13\/reports-of-election-site-hacking-rankle-florida-officials\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1013271926.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Reports of election site hacking rankle Florida officials<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It may be child\u2019s play or signs of a serious problem, but either way Florida election officials are pushing back against reports that an 11-year-old hacked a replica of the state\u2019s election website.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson said last week that Russians were able to get inside the election systems of \u201ccertain counties\u201d and \u201cnow have free rein to move about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. 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