Security News > 2020 > February > Iowa Fiasco Highlights Security Risks in US Vote, Officials Say
US officials and cyber experts warned Tuesday that the voting debacle in the Democratic caucuses in Iowa underscored the vulnerabilities in the country's election infrastructure in everything from hacking to trust-eroding conspiracy theories.
The technology problems which have prevented a complete vote count in the first test for the 2020 election were founded on what experts described as a poorly-tested, poorly performing vote reporting smartphone app.
"Given the amount of scrutiny that we have on election security these days, this is a concerning event. It really goes to the public confidence of our elections," acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Fox News.
US intelligence officials believe that Russia and other countries are preparing to interfere in the 2020 election, from hacking to disinformation.
Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former Facebook security chief, describes risks from voter registration rolls to failing voting machines to the possible injection of ransomware into voting systems.