How The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Avoided Major Foreign Cyberattacks

Unlike in 2016, the latest U.S. presidential race avoided major cyberattacks from foreign actors.

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, which President Donald Trump signed into existence in 2018, worked to safeguard an election in the middle of a pandemic. Tony Dejak / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, which President Donald Trump signed into existence in 2018, worked to safeguard an election in the middle of a pandemic. Tony Dejak / ASSOCIATED PRESS

How The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Avoided Major Foreign Cyberattacks

Unlike in 2016, the latest U.S. presidential race avoided major cyberattacks from foreign actors.

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Following the closing of polls, there is no evidence of any major foreign intervention via hacking or other cyberattack in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Reset brings on a New York Times national security correspondent whose latest piece covers the issue.

GUEST: David Sanger, national security correspondent and senior writer at the New York Times; author of The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age