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This election was not hacked – but it was attacked

  • Written by Richard Forno, Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity & Internet Researcher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageAll indications are that voting was not subject to a cyberattack.Ballot box via shutterstock.com

The presidential campaign of 2016 thankfully – and we can only hope officially – ended this evening. As of when this article was posted, there are no reports of widespread cyberattacks or other digital interference against state voting...

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