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> continued from page 3 into the computer systems of at least five Florida county elections offices days before the 2016 presidential election, according to five county officials who say they received malicious emails described in a leaked intelligence report. Election supervisors in Hillsborough, Pasco, Citrus and Clay counties separately told the Herald / Times that their offices got the emails, which contained attachments that could have taken over their computers. But all four said their staffers did not open them. Volusia County said it opened one of the infected emails, but not the attachment that could have compromised its systems.
There’ s been no evidence disclosed publicly that any counties were breached. It’ s not clear how many counties were targeted, in Florida or across the country. The Herald / Times sent requests for the emails to all 67 elections offices in the state. Nineteen replied back that they searched for them and couldn’ t find any.
Miami-Dade County said it didn’ t get an email.“ We have no indication at this time that a Miami-Dade County system, or one of our valued partners, has been breached,” a spokesman for county Mayor Carlos Gimenez said.
Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes said her office didn’ t get it, either, though digital data attached to the copy sent to Clay— reviewed by the Herald / Times— appeared to show the hackers attempting to send one to an email address in her office“ We haven’ t had any to my knowledge,” Snipes said.“ Honestly we just have gotten nothing on this, nothing."
A leaked intelligence report from the National Security Agency
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