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Defending the 2020 election against hacking: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Douglas W. Jones, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Iowa
imageVote count machines are just one target of hackers looking to disrupt US elections.AP Photo/Ben Margot

Editor’s note: Journalist Bob Woodward reports in his new book, “Rage,” that the NSA and CIA have classified evidence that the Russian intelligence services placed malware in the election registration systems of at least two...

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