Ex-cyber czar: Russian hackers likely scanned election systems

Russian hackers likely scanned the election systems of all 50 states for vulnerabilities in 2016 – not just the 21 states confirmed as targets by Homeland Security officials last year, the cybersecurity czar for former President Barack Obama told a Senate panel.

“I think it is highly likely,” Michael Daniel replied to a question from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, about whether Russian cyber actors at least scanned the election systems of every state.