Officials warned before the election that foreign states and criminal organizations could attempt to hack voting systems.

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Ultimately, it will be difficult to determine how effective disinformation campaigns actually were, added Jaehnig.

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“It will continue to be a problem.

The event was held to raise awareness about the importance of security in electronic voting.

“Frankly, no voting site could have been compromised because the physical security would have precluded it.”

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On Tuesday, Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS.

“Random audits are recommended by most election security experts.”

The Russian government was a major source of disruption, experts say.

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“Similarly, in 2020, Russia and other adversaries have been very active.”