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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Timothy Pratt

Georgia elections official downplays cybersecurity threats despite report

Brad Raffensperger in Atlanta, Georgia, on 6 November 2020.
Brad Raffensperger in Atlanta, Georgia, on 6 November 2020. Photograph: Dustin Chambers/Reuters

Georgia’s top election official is disregarding a recently released report that identifies serious vulnerabilities in Georgia’s computerized election system, instead siding with a conflicting report and claiming that scientific findings about cybersecurity threats are no more than conspiracy theories.

The Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, charged with overseeing elections, announced that despite the report’s findings, he will not update software to protect against the vulnerabilities before the 2024 presidential elections.

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