Report: Trump administration appointees pressed cybersecurity agency to secretly hack a voting machine

A report revealed that political appointees in the Trump administration asked the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to obtain a voting machine and secretly hack it. According to news reports, the pressure came from political staff at the Department of Homeland Security shortly after Trump began his second term, and it alarmed the agency's professional employees.

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• The request involved obtaining a voting machine and secretly hacking it, according to the report.

  «Trump administration appointees allegedly wanted federal cybersecurity officials to secretly obtain and hack a voting machine»

  International Business Times UK on MSN
• The pressure came from political staff at the Department of Homeland Security on CISA to purchase a voting machine for penetration testing.

  «Political appointees at the US Department of Homeland Security pressed CISA to secretly acquire a voting machine for hacking tests»

  Yeni Şafak English
• This occurred shortly after Trump began his second term.

  «shortly after President Donald Trump began his second term»

  Yeni Şafak English
• The request alarmed professional staff and raised new questions about the integrity of the electoral process.

  «triggering alarm among career staff and raising fresh questions about»

  International Business Times UK on MSN

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