Are the agencies of the U.S. government preparing the public for expected election mischief? The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint announcement on Wednesday, alerting Americans to the threat of cyberattacks targeting U.S. election infrastructure as the 2024 general election approaches.
While these cyberattacks could disrupt access to election-related information, the agencies emphasized that the security and integrity of the voting process would remain intact, but that reporting of results might be delayed or confused, and that results might have to come through traditional legacy media channels.
Distributed Denial of Service attacks involve overwhelming a server with traffic to make it inaccessible. It is a favored tactic among hacktivists and cybercriminals, the agencies said. The F.B.I. and C.I.S.A. warned that such attacks might hinder access to tools like voter look-up services and unofficial election night reporting. However, the agencies stressed that such attacks would not interfere with the actual casting or counting of ballots, simply the reporting of results.
“Threat actors may falsely claim that DDoS attacks are indicative of a compromise related to the election process as they seek to undermine confidence in U.S. elections,” the agencies stated in a press release, stating that no Distributed Denial of Service attack has ever prevented an eligible voter from casting a ballot or compromised the integrity of election results.
The warning comes amid heightened concerns over cybersecurity threats to the nation’s election processes. The agencies highlighted the importance of seeking out reliable information from official sources, especially if election-related websites become temporarily unavailable. They said election officials across the country have implemented multiple safeguards and backup processes to mitigate the impact of any potential disruptions.
In the event of a Distributed Denial of Service attack, election offices have alternative channels for disseminating information, including traditional news outlets and direct messaging to voters.
“CISA and the FBI coordinate closely with federal, state, and local election partners to safeguard U.S. voting processes and maintain the resilience of U.S. elections,” the announcement reads.
Here we go again, repeat of last election. As though the voting process is intact to begin with. Buying time to tally the early voting and day of, voting totals, to determine the number of harvested ballots to be “voted” to prevail in each “battleground” state is critical. Preparing a cover story of “hacking” affecting early results is masterful preparation. During the last election this process was ad hoc and very sloppy, apparent to everyone of the blatant manipulation. While Alaska’s voter rolls remain in disarray, the Uniparty has been preparing for maintaining power at any cost. Will we be subjected to another “epidemic” or a hot war this cycle to lock down and distract the public leading up to the election?
I thought the systems weren’t online so it shouldn’t make any difference, correct? Unless they have been lying to us…
Election “results might have to come through traditional legacy media channels”. Who in their right mind would trust these results? And, who in their right mind trusts anything the FBI says?
Sorry, based on some history, I now suspect that the FBI and the CISA are now trying to manipulate the public for purposes unknown. Trust is gone.
As well as they handled the last crisis we all have great faith they’ve got it covered.
Do these people know how to do anything other than fear mongering concerning cyber atracks?! Every election the same thing. Maybe bring back paper ballots! Novel idea I know!
Would they be doing the cyberattacks?
Of course! That why everyone needs to learn how to hand count paper ballots. We don’t need machines to have an election – we just need people, paper ballots, voter ID, and one day voting.
No internet connection to any electronic ballot tabulation machines. Period. This is THE mischief from 2020. Democrats.
I remember the last time we were warned of looming election interference was right before Hunter laptop story dropped. While the whole time it was in the custody of the FBI to investigate…….
Yes the same FBI that did the late great Senator Ted S. AND ALASKA a great injustice
Don’t forget Director Comey and his exoneration of Hillary, false affidavits on FISA warrants, spying on Mr. Baker, and the whole Russian collusion lie. Do you mean that FBI?
Thank you telling us you will be directly interfering in yet another election.
Secret police and republics do not go together. Pick one.
baaa, baaa
Preparing you for the cheating that is coming.
Sort of like the secret service competency, a big Zero.
I am quite certain our congressional delagation will be in lockstep with the narrative, just like 2020. They have only had four years to prepare.
Dump the rank choice, mail in, early, and absentee (as it stands) voting. Have a national voting day, on a Wednesday to avoid weekend absentees. Vote in person, with a pen on a paper ballot, at a small precinct, with a photo ID, and a bottle of blue dye in which to dip your pinky while heading out the door after voting. Hand count at the small precinct with observers on scene.
Oh, Anchorage assembly, your vote-by-mail scheme, the one implemented to increase voter numbers, has resulted in a lower participation rate and doubled the # of invalidated votes. Rid the Rank, Vote by hand, in small sustainable, batches.
Once again it appears that the FBI is preparing to engage in more censorship and dissemination of election misinformation. Would be nice if they would stay in their lane!
They are little more than American version of the Geheime Staats Polizei.
They need a little time to stuff them ballot boxes and run them through the machine a few times.