Security News > 2020 > February > The Iowa Caucus: No Hacking, But a Bungled Risk Matrix

Iowa's much-anticipated caucus results were delayed after a mobile app commissioned by Iowa's Democratic Party malfunctioned.

"We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates, their campaigns, and Democratic caucus-goers," says Shadow Inc. CEO Gerard Niemira in a statement on the company's website.

One of the first news reports about the development of the app came from NPR, which reported on Jan. 14 that the Iowa Democratic Party planned to distribute the app to as many as 2,000 officials, who would download it on their personal smartphones.

Again: the big risk of what happened in Iowa is not that the final outcome will be wrong; that's very unlikely given the paper records at precincts.

What's most concerning about the Iowa situation is that, despite heightened awareness around election security and interference over the last four years, leaders aren't making the right decisions about risk.

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