Attacks on the digital infrastructures of US state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments continue at a healthy clip, a chronic trend that does not bode well for election security as the nation moves into the crucial run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Although a lot of research has focused on the potential hacking of election equipment and related backend infrastructure, recent studies and exercises suggest that adversaries can disrupt the democratic process almost as well by simply targeting other local government and community systems.
