1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated September 18, 2019The Designation of Election Systems as Critical Infrastructure Prior to the 2016 federal election, a series of cyberattacks occurred on information systems of state and local election jurisdictions. Subsequently, in January 2017 the Departmen
2、t of Homeland Security (DHS) designated the election infrastructure used in federal elections as a component of U.S. critical infrastructure. The designation sparked some initial concerns by state and local election officials about federal encroachment of their prerogatives, but progress has been ma
3、de in overcoming those concerns and providing assistance to election jurisdictions. What Led to the Designation? In August 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that some state election jurisdictions had been the victims of cyberattacks aimed at exfiltrating data from information
4、 systems in those jurisdictions. The attacks appeared to be of Russian-government origin. That same month, DHS contacted state election officials to offer cybersecurity assistance for their election infrastructure. Most states accepted the offer. Although the cyberattacks did not appear to affect th
