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'Possible' More Counties Than Now Known Were Hacked In 2016, Fla Delegation Says

The disclosure this week that two Florida counties were breached by Russian attackers in 2016 has officials worried about what more they don't know.

Updated at 4:35 p.m. ET

Florida lawmakers were angry Thursday when they emerged from an FBI briefing that left them with unanswered questions about the two county election offices in their state breached by Russian cyberattacks in 2016.

The bipartisan group of members of Congress was most frustrated with not learning about the hacks sooner. The of at least

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