FBI And CISA Raise Eyebrows With Election Cyber Attack Warning: “DDOS Attacks on Election Infrastructure…Could Hinder Access to Election Information”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) earlier this week sounded alarm bells with conservatives by warning that cyber attacks targeting the 2024 election could happen this fall.
The two agencies jointly released a public service announcement on July 31 warning that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure could block public access to critical information on the 2024 elections but assured the public that there would be no impact on election security.
“This public service announcement is to raise awareness that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure, or adjacent infrastructure that supports election operations, could hinder public access to election information,