US cybersecurity chief reassures voters the election will be secure

THE HEAD OF A TOP FEDERAL AGENCY,  WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION SECURITY,  IS INSISTING THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE UNITED STATES, WILL BE SECURE AND NOT AFFECTED BY ANY FOREIGN INTERFERENCE. 

JEN EASTERLY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.  SHE TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THERE IS NO WAY AMERICAN ADVERSARIES, SUCH RUSSIA OR IRAN, WILL BE ABLE TO ALTER THE RESULTS. 

SHE SAYS “ MALICIOUS ACTORS, EVEN IF THEY TRIED, COULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT, AT SCALE, SUCH THAT THERE WOULD BE A MATERIAL EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.”

JUST LAST MONTH, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CHARGED THREE IRANIAN OPERATIVES WITH HACKING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.  IN ADDITION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEIZED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN FAKE WEBSITES AND CHARGED TWO RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA EMPLOYEES, ALSO ACCUSING THEM OF TRYING TO ILLEGALLY FUND RIGHT-WING INFLUENCERS.   

U-S SENATOR MARK WARNER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE., WROTE A LETTER TO EASTERLY,  URGING HER AGENCY TO TAKE STEPS TO DEAL WITH ELECTION MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION.   HE SUGGESTS COORDINATING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO PINPOINT AND BATTLE FALSE CLAIMS.  

EASTERLY COUNTERED,, THAT IS NOT HER AGENCY’S ROLE.  INSTEAD SHE SAID THEY WORK WITH ELECTIONS OFFICIALS TO DISSEMINATE ACCURATE INFORMATION. 

THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT,  THERE ARE NOW LAYERS OF SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE SURE THE RESULTS ARE ACCURATE. 

” IT’S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, THE MACHINES THAT AMERICANS WILL USE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WHICH MAKES IT EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT FOR MALICIOUS FOREIGN ACTORS TO ACTUALLY IMPACT HOW VOTES ARE CAST BUT ALSO HOW THEY’RE COUNTED “

EASTERLY SAYS HER AGENCY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ELECTIONS OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND THE AREAS WHERE HURRICANE HELENE CAUSED SO MUCH MISERY AND DEVASTATION.  SHE PRAISED THEM FOR HAVING ENORMOUS RESILIENCE AS THEY TRY TO MAKE SURE,  VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION.  I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI,  FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP