The Trump administration attempted to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for its own political ends by requesting the agency to secretly hack a voting machine.

This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump. https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the agency for its own ends. --- 32 uses from 31 accounts #toplink

NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use CISA for its own ends. https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #DHS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Trump #USPolitics #Cybersecurity

This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It's Been Compromised by Trump. (ProPublica) https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump http://www.memeorandum.com/261019/p20#a261019p20

This #Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. #Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by #Trump. A few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, #political appointees at the Department of #HomelandSecurity made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a #voting machine and #hack it. The appointees wanted the Cybersecurity and #Infrastructure #Security Agency to procure the machine, examine it and report back the findings so they could be given to the #WhiteHouse , according to two former administration officials with knowledge of the request. #dhs #voting #cisa https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump