"An unknown hacker recently tried to access Contra Costa County’s election internet system, according to an email sent by the county’s elections chief.
The unsuccessful hacking attempt “fits a pattern of other attempts/attacks that trace back to foreign interests,” according to an email sent to county staff by Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Joe Canciamilla Friday morning. He said the elections office notified the California Secretary of State’s office as well as the Department of Homeland Security about the “attempted intrusion.”
State law forbids voting machines from being connected to the internet. But other elections offices around the country have been the target of hacking attempts aimed at accessing voter registration data, according to security officials."
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