Polls closed without a major public cyberattack. A U.S. official warned, however, "There's still a lot of time left on the clock." After years of planning and worry, polls closed on Election Day 2020 without any evidence of cyber manipulation by foreign governments or criminals.
The big question was why. Did Russia, Iran and other adversaries decide such attacks didn't serve their purposes, given that they have appeared to focus on spreading disinformation? Did U.S. government efforts deter or thwart election hacking?
Trump administration officials were quick to claim credit.
"I think what you're seeing more than anything is 3½ years of collaboration," said Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, which is responsible for securing the country's infrastructure cybersecurity. He touted the joint effort with the U.S. intelligence community and the Election Assistance Commission.
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WNU Editor: Amazing. After hearing for the past few weeks that Russia will interfere in the election. We are now being told there is nothing there.
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