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Connecticut Notified Russians Scanned Election System

By Russell Blair
Connecticut’s online voter registration system was targeted by Russian hackers during last year’s presidential campaign, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said Friday. Merrill said officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security informed her the system was scanned but not breached. “In...   

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