GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – With Election coming up next month, the question of security has once again been brought up.
“Hacking into voter files is probably one of my biggest concerns, but I am concerned about voter files from other aspects as well, and of course they are trolling social media.”
US Senator Ron Johnson says he is not surprised by the recent news that Russians are looking to interfere in the upcoming election but says, more importantly, the US has a very secure system in place.
“I am fairly confident in our electoral system. It is very difficult to change vote tallies.”
Johnson said he is not as concerned with hacking that would impact vote totals, but rather looks at things that can result in bigger problems.
“My concern against Russian cyber attacks is against the critical infrastructure with things like the electrical grid and gaining access to operating systems.”
Johnson says the Russians meddling in the elections is unacceptable, but still not the greatest threat to democracy.
He made his comments on WTAQ Morning News with Matt and Earl. You can hear the entire discussion by clicking here.
