Cybersecurity Group Says Election Administrators Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Election administrators across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks that originate through malicious phishing emails, a report found. The report, compiled by cybersecurity group Area 1 Security, found that over 50 percent of election administrators have “only rudimentary or non-standard technologies” to protect against malicious emails from cyber criminals, with less than 30 percent using basic security controls to halt phishing emails.