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Johnson Discusses Cyber Security With Election Officials

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

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Johnson Discusses Cyber Security With Election Officials

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday hosted a call with national election officials to discuss the cyber security of the election infrastructure and to offer his department’s help in managing risks to voting systems.The call with members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and other Chief Election Officials follows disclosures this summer that Russian authorities likely hacked the computer systems of two national Democratic organizations and leaked internal emails to WikiLeaks.Johnson said earlier this month that…

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