DHS Disputes MSNBC Claim Russia Compromised Voter Registration Systems
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a rare rebuke in response to an MSNBC article claiming that “Russian-backed covert operatives” had breached state websites or voter registration systems in seven states ahead of the 2016 elections and that states had not been informed.“NBC’s reporting tonight on the 2016 elections is not accurate and is actively undermining efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to work in close partnership with state and local governments to protect the nation’s election systems from foreign actors,” said DHS acting press secretary Tyler Houlton in a statement.
