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Great news, but relying on U.S. cyber deterrence/disruption capabilities to protect all future elections is a huge gamble. We might be better served if Congress passed legislation to secure electoral systems and address disinformation campaigns. https://t.co/LuEbgiJjLv
— Andrew Hanna (@AndrewBHanna) February 26, 2019
Unless CyberCom/NSA did something else, this is overstating it: “The fact that the 2018 election process moved forward without successful Russian intervention was not a coincidence,” said Sen. Mike Rounds. Without this, there “would have been some very serious cyber incursions.”
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) February 26, 2019
US Cyber Command played whack-a-mole with Russia's Internet Research Agency on election day in 2018. “They basically took the IRA offline." The operation marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intel from NSA https://t.co/w2P9TyHtej
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) February 26, 2019
We s/d also appreciate the masterful bureaucratic jujitsu that enabled this action w/o Trump’s approval. “Two new U.S. authorities facilitated the move... A presidential order last August gave CyberCom greater latitude.” https://t.co/g3Qp8WhRVN
— Max Bergmann (@maxbergmann) February 26, 2019
US Cyber Command attacked Russian troll farm on Election Day 2018 https://t.co/44oJiRi1Og
— Dominik Batorski (@DominikBatorski) February 26, 2019
US Cyber Command attacked Russian troll farm on Election Day 2018 https://t.co/IHvSwlhs4m pic.twitter.com/REiWNYy3pX
— The Verge (@verge) February 26, 2019
US cyber warriors blocked Russian trolls’ web access during the 2018 midterms
— Daniel Bastos ?? (@danielbastos) February 26, 2019
https://t.co/AOe7ADkPee #CyberSecurity #dataprivacy #RansomwareProtection #Hacker #Ransomware #Malware #phishing #tech
US Cyber Command attacked Russian troll farm on Election Day 2018 https://t.co/IHvSwlhs4m pic.twitter.com/2RceUEMBb2
— The Verge (@verge) February 27, 2019