Top U.S. intelligence officials have said they’ve seen indications Russian agents are preparing a new round of election interference this year. The committee’s recommendations preview an election security report expected to be released in full in the coming weeks. They come as Congress is eyeing $380 billion in state grants for election security in a wide-ranging spending bill expected to be unveiled as soon as Wednesday. As of last month, just 14 states had requested risk assessments and 30 had asked for remote cyberscans of their networks, according to Homeland Security officials. There’s no evidence that any hack in the November 2016 election affected election results, but the attempts scared state election officials.

Source: National Post March 21, 2018 04:18 UTC