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Experts assess relative risks of election infrastructure versus political rhetoric

Security experts indicate that U.S. election infrastructure has significantly hardened over the last decade, with a widespread transition away from vulnerable electronic voting machines. The analysis suggests that political rhetoric undermining public trust in electoral processes now poses a greater systemic risk than technical vulnerabilities in voting hardware.

Politico EUabout 7 hours agoUSCredibility 45%View source

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Mosaic Score9.2

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Significance0.5

Source credibility0.5

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#elections #cybersecurity #democracy #infrastructure #political-risk

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