The Department of Homeland Security confirmed it had notified the states of the activity but declined to identify them. Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Washington state also confirmed they were targeted by Russian hackers but said they were not successful. "There remains no evidence that the Russians altered one vote or changed one registration," said Judd Choate, president of the US National Association of State Election Directors. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Michael Haas said Homeland Security told the states that "Russian government cyber actors" targeted state voter registration systems. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Friday that hackers had scanned state election systems but not breached the system.

Source: bd News24 September 23, 2017 03:11 UTC