Ben Popken

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"Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, non-state hacktivists all have opportunity, means and potentially motive to come after the United States in the 2020 election to accomplish their goals," said Pierson, ODNI's principal elections and elections security adviser. — PolitiTweet.org

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Office of Director of National Intelligence election security lead says 2020 election threats are more sophisticated and from multiple countries and sources. https://t.co/keGQXLVWAP by @KenDilanianNBC #nbcvotewatch — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ericgeller: .@CISAKrebs orders federal civilian agencies to apply today's Microsoft security patches, include the big one that the NSA… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ODNIgov @CISAgov Election attacks are going to be more "narrowly focused" and not going to show their cards ahead of time, says @FireEye — PolitiTweet.org

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@ODNIgov @CISAgov "cybersecurity poverty line" divides election officials, in terms of both funding and experience, says Hale — PolitiTweet.org

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@ODNIgov "even *that* seam and gap is stitched" — PolitiTweet.org

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@ODNIgov "Anything that touches the internet faces cyber threat. We want to get that message out as broadly as possible," Geoff Hale @CISAgov — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JocelynBenson: Fantastic data on how voter enthusiasm is - literally - off the chart for #2020. Also shows how voters embrace expanded… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ODNIgov Social media companies get tagged. Pierson note that social media companies "have.. information that the U.S. government doesn't have" and @ODNigov is trying to make sure that "even seam and gap is stitched" — PolitiTweet.org

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But @ODNIgov says they're sharing "malign influence campaign" intel information with specific individuals ndividuals, and that could include candidate, civilian, campaign, a party, a constituency, or a state or county. #2020focus — PolitiTweet.org

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@DemocracyFund @ODNIgov Apologies from @ODNIgov that they're not able to share some threat information to state and local election officials faster and with more context. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DemocracyFund @ODNIgov "This is not a Russia-only problem. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, non-state hactivists all have opportunity, means, and potentially motive to come after the United States in the 2020 Election to accomplish their goals," Pierson @ODNIgov #2020Focus #nbcvotewatch — PolitiTweet.org

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@DemocracyFund Threats against 2020 election are sharper, more diverse, and more sophisticated. "They've learned from the volume of information we've shared...and they have sharpened their own capabilities," Shelby Pierson, Election Threats Executive, @ODNIgov #2020ElectionsSummit #2020Focus — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bpopken: Black line in the red circle. This is how very excited people are about voting in 2020. Slide via @DemocracyFund https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Black line in the red circle. This is how very excited people are about voting in 2020. Slide via @DemocracyFund https://t.co/oiSHEjqIqU — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/6RQfGhDMKX — PolitiTweet.org

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@EACgov @Louisiana_sos @CNN @DemocracyFund Voting machine can jam and people freak out. But sometimes it's just too humid. Or human error. "We have to make sure that we all keep very level heads moving into this cycle," Tammy Patrick @DemocracyFund #2020ElectionsSummit — PolitiTweet.org

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@EACgov @Louisiana_sos Voters are stoked for 2020. @CNN survey of voter enthusiasm usually sees peak on election day. This year, "voters are more enthusiastic than they were on election day in those other elections...voters are coming, they are coming," Tammy Patrick @DemocracyFund #2020ElectionsSummit — PolitiTweet.org

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If you want democracy to work, you've got to "Phil" out your ballots! (video) Meet the character created by @MaricopaVote local election office to help get out the vote and communicate voting information. — PolitiTweet.org

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Instead of variable election security grants from Congress, states reiterate need for reliable annual source of funding - with no strings @EACgov #2020ElectionsSummit #nbcvotewatch Election cybersecurity, "It's never going to stop," says @Louisiana_SOS Kyle Ardoin — PolitiTweet.org

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Watch today's 2020 election summit held by the Federal Election Assistance Commission streaming now with captions https://t.co/esbQ6JW9BL note 11:10-11:30 remarks from ODNI on election threat landscape and 1:30-2:30 Securing 2020 election, w panelist from DHS-CISA and FireEye — PolitiTweet.org

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“We found over 35 [voting systems] had been left online and we’re still continuing to find more,” Kevin Skoglund, a senior technical advisor at the election security advocacy group National Election Defense Coalition, told NBC News. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheLastWord https://t.co/RwEW6VSAi5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Clip of voting system vendors responses to questions about foreign parts supply during election security hearing: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kevincollier: That Times story is a lot. Like five separate election security stories in one, including several scoops but also a littl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kevincollier: My first for the Verge: everybody either dismisses website defacements or takes them way too seriously, but I went for th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@kevincollier I came across one of the Behzad ones too! — PolitiTweet.org

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@OSET CSPAN has searchable logs too for readers to dig in and analyze: https://t.co/aNh05syguf — PolitiTweet.org

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LOFGREN: That's very helpful. As you know, we have a passed a pretty robust bill in the House. It's pending in the Senate and perhaps your testimony will encourage them to move forward. — PolitiTweet.org

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MATHIS, Hart CEO: As would we. — PolitiTweet.org