Why Elections Are Now Classified as 'Critical Infrastructure'
President Obama’s homeland-security adviser hinted that it might help deter foreign cyberattacks.
by Kaveh Waddell
Jan 13, 2017
2 minutes
Last Friday, the same day three of the top spy agencies in the U.S. released a summary of an investigation into Russia’s role in cyberattacks before the election, the Department of Homeland Security made a move that attracted less attention: It the elections process as “critical infrastructure,” putting it in a
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