The action represented one of the most concrete steps taken by a US state to bolster the cybersecurity of election systems since the 2016 presidential race.
WASHINGTON: Virginia on Friday agreed to stop using paperless touchscreen voting machines that had been flagged by cybersecurity experts as potentially vulnerable to hackers and lacking sufficient vote auditing capabilities.
The action represented one of the most concrete steps taken by a US state to bolster the cybersecurity of election systems since the 2016 presidential race, when US intelligence agencies say Russia waged a digital influence campaign to help President Donald Trump win.
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