Security News > 2022 > October > FBI: Cyberattacks targeting election systems unlikely to affect results
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in a public service announcement says that cyber activity attempting to compromise election infrastructure is unlikely to cause a massive disruption or prevent voting.
"As of the date of this report, the FBI and CISA have no reporting to suggest cyber activity has ever prevented a registered voter from casting a ballot, compromised the integrity of any ballots cast, or affected the accuracy of voter registration information," PSA from the FBI and CISA. "Any attempts tracked by FBI and CISA have remained localized and were blocked or successfully mitigated with minimal or no disruption to election processes," the two agencies says in the report.
The announcement further explains that election officials are empowered by a set of technological tools and strict procedural controls that greatly mitigate the likelihood of phishing, denial of service, domain spoofing, or ransomware attacks that may affect the voting process in any way.
Use official state and local government portals to source information about voter registration, polling locations, voting by mail, provisional ballot process, and final election results.
Report potential crimes-such as cyber targeting of voting systems-to your local FBI Field Office.
Report cyber-related incidents on election infrastructure to your local election officials and CISA. The biggest threat to the election process are influence operations that try to corrupt the integrity of the deliberation.