TechRadar: Trump Officials Asked CISA to Secretly Hack Voting Machine, Withhold Vulnerabilities

According to the report, the request directed CISA to conduct the testing without public disclosure of flaws. It did not identify the voting machine, the officials involved, the date of the request or the vulnerabilities that were allegedly found. It also did not say whether CISA carried out the request or whether any findings were reported to election officials, vendors or the public.

The supplied article text did not include a response from CISA or from Trump officials. It also did not include the full article body beyond the headline and the author biography, so specific details beyond the headline could not be confirmed from the material provided.

TechRadar’s headline described the request as secret and said officials wanted any vulnerabilities withheld. The available material did not provide further information about the scope of the request or the status of any testing.

Editor's Summary

TechRadar reported that Trump officials asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine and withhold any vulnerabilities found. The supplied material did not identify the machine, the officials or CISA’s response, leaving key questions about authorization and disclosure unresolved.