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US releases election infrastructure security plan ahead of midterms

The plan is due to be implemented in full, and it outlines threats to election systems plus services the agency will offer to election officials.

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The US cybersecurity agency released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterm elections, detailing potential threats to election systems and listing services it would provide to election officials, according to the Associated Press via SCMP Economy.

The plan had been originally promised for mid-August by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and it arrives as the Trump administration seeks to restart efforts to help states protect voting systems.

SCMP Economy reports that election officials have said the support is arriving too late, after the administration cut back the agency’s election security work last year, leading states to pay for private services to prepare for the upcoming elections.

In a statement, Mullin said election security is national security, and that the plan, to be implemented in full, is crucial to the security, freeness, and fairness of choosing the country’s leaders.

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