Warning issued: Russia tried to hack election systems in at least 21 US states and was successful in some

Russian hackers successfully compromised election systems in some states during the 2016 election. There have long been suggestions that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the Trump vs Clinton election, and now the Department of Homeland Security has informed 21 states that their systems were targeted. This means that the DHS has concerns about almost half of the states of America, but so far only Illinois has been confirmed as having been successfully compromised. See also: Facebook to share Russian election-era ads with Congress -- but won't make them public Kaspersky software banned from US government systems over concerns… [Continue Reading]