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Defending the 2020 election against hacking: 5 questions answered

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Defending the 2020 election against hacking: 5 questions answered
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The Conversation
DOI 10.64628/aai.4uyscq4ef
Authors

Jones, Douglas

Abstract

Russian agents reportedly placed malware in U.S. voter registration systems in 2016 and are actively interfering in the 2020 election. Here's the state of election cybersecurity.

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 201. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 January 2021.
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