Elections Commission Downplaying Unseen Risks to 2020 Vote

From Politico‘s KIM ZETTER

Cyber security and election experts say a key federal body that oversees elections is downplaying hidden dangers in voting systems — software and foreign-made parts that adversaries could subvert to hack U.S. elections.

Electronic parts from China or computer components and systems assembled overseas are recognized risks in a range of critical U.S. industries. But election security experts say the chairman of the Election Assistance Commission has given an unmerited rosy view of these problems to lawmakers and the public when it comes to voting machines.

At a Feb. 13 House Homeland Security Committee hearing, EAC Chairman Thomas Hicks told lawmakers he wasn’t worried about threats from foreign parts because of work happening inside the commission’s certified labs that test voting machines.

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