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handle is hein.crs/crsmthzzbdc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT Election Security: Issues in the 2018 Midterm Elections August 16, 2018 (IN10955) Related Authors _Cajtrine A-Theohar *Eri-c A.Fisce Catherine A. Theohary, Specialist in National Security Policy, Cyber and Information Operations (cheohary crs bc gov, 7-0844) Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology (efischernacrs lc gov, 7-7071) In the wake of assessments about I, concerns have been mounting about tesuiyf th2018midter eeion. Security efforts are complicated by the complex, multidimensional election life cycle, with each dimension involving a broad array of components. The main dimensions can be thought of as election administration .campaign activities, and media coverage. Traditionally, concerns about election security have focused largely on election administration. In the wake of the 2016 election, the Department of Homeland Security designated election-administration n rc ritical infrasructure (Cl -sb or. That made the state and local offices and private-sector entities involved in running elections eligible for enhanced federal technical assistance and information sharing on both physical- and cyber- security. The CI designation expressly applies only to the election-administration dimension. However, malicious actors are unlikely to respect such limitations. The increasing use of internet connectivity in all three dimensions is creating a convergence of security risks not only within the dimensions but across them * Attacks on election infrastructure might involve registration databases, voting systems, reporting of results, or other components or processes. The goal might be to exfiltrate (surreptitiously obtain) information such as voter files, to disrupt the election process, or even to change vote counts and results. * Attacks on political parties and campaigns might involve exfiltration of candidate information or communications, disruption of events, or other goals. For example, data from the information networks of a political party could offer a foreign adversary insights into the prospective operations, priorities, and vulnerabilities of an incoming government, should the party prevail at the polls. * Exploits involving media coverage, especially social media, might include, for example, spreading false or misleading information to voters with the aim of affecting their votes or eroding confidence in the election outcome. Voter information obtained through attacks on political party or government entities, or by other means, could be used to target voters considered susceptible to such misinformation. For example, Cambridge Analytica

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