Finally found the states article on DHS:
https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/339249-are-democrats-trying-to-pin-the-blame-for-their-own
"The former head of President Obama's Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, made an excuse Wednesday for why his organization hadn't been forthcoming about "Russian hacking" during the 2016 election. They didn't want to appear partisan, he told the House Intelligence Committee.
Leaving aside for a minute that Russia "hacking" the 2016 election is a wildly inaccurate portrayal of Russia's digital meddling — which to date are only allegations, nothing proven — there's likely another reason Johnson wasn't quick to cry foul: some of the known, legitimate attempts to hack into state election databases were perpetrated by Johnson's own organization, the Obama-led DHS.
In an op-ed published in May, RNLA detailed what we called "the other, much worse hacking story." In that piece, we outlined how cybersecurity experts confirmed Obama's Department of Homeland Security had been caught trying to illegally access several voter registration systems in various states, including Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, and West Virginia."