Cybersecurity Chief Says Foreign Interference Won’t Significantly Alter US Election Results

U.S. election systems are sufficiently secure that foreign adversaries will be unable to affect the outcome in a material way, CISA Director Jen Easterly says.

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before a House committee, in Washington, on Jan. 31, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said that America’s election systems are so secure that foreign adversaries will be unable to manipulate the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in a “material” way.

Easterly made the remarks in an Oct. 2 interview with The Associated Press, in which she said that foreign powers are actively seeking to influence U.S. voters and sow discord but that they lack the ability to interfere with core election infrastructure such as vote casting and ballot counting.