US cybersecurity agency issues election security plan ahead of midterms
The United States’ cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterm elections. The document outlines potential threats to election systems and lists services available to election officials, as the Trump administration seeks to accelerate support for states protecting voting infrastructure.
The United States’ cybersecurity agency released an election infrastructure security plan on Thursday, 40 days before November’s midterm elections, according to the South China Morning Post. The plan describes potential threats to election systems and lists services the agency says it will provide to election officials to help protect voting infrastructure. The publication came after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had promised that the document would be released by mid-August.
The supplied report does not explain why its publication came later than that commitment. The release also comes as the Trump administration has been seeking to restart efforts to help states secure their voting systems. The available material does not identify the specific threats outlined in the plan, name the services in detail or describe how individual states have responded.
The report ends while referring to election officials and provides no further account of the plan’s implementation.
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