Des Moines, Iowa (Radio Iowa) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says it was no surprise to him when federal officials last Friday “confirmed” Iowa’s voter registration system was “targeted by a Russian entity” before the 2016 election.
Pate says his office informed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last year of the hack attempt.
Pate says Iowa’s voter registration system “has not been compromised.”
According to Pate, the state’s chief technology officer has indicated there are about 600-thousand hacking attempts EVERY DAY that are directed at the State of Iowa’s websites.
However, Pate plans to remind legislators it’s important to spend money on technology upgrades so state officials can stay one step ahead in what Pate calls “this cloak and dagger game.”
