A U.S. Department of Homeland Security team is in Maryland this week to evaluate the state's election systems after officials learned last month about a transaction between a venture fund with Russian ties and a company involved in the state's election infrastructure, Maryland's elections administrator said Tuesday.
The Hunt and Incident Response Team from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center is checking to ensure the election systems hosted by ByteGrid remain secure.
“They're evaluating whether or not there's any issues with ByteGrid,” said Linda Lamone, the state's elections administrator.
Gov. Larry Hogan, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch asked for the technical assistance to evaluate the network last month.
