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The federal bureau of investigation to investigate these possible cyber crimes. the secretary of states office will release more information as it becomes available. >> joining us now is alex stamos, former head of security for facebook, now an msnbc cybersecurity analyst. alex, thanks very much for being with us, its good to have you here. >> thanks, rachel. >> this was an explosive claim today. but weve been looking into it this afternoon and into this evening. from a distance it seems like wh...

Certainty. thats unacceptable with the level of risk our elections are facing these days. the second is theres been a history over the last two years of a number of groups coming to georgia and saying weve found vulnerabilities in your system and the way responsible organizations deal with this in 2018, is they say thank you for turning that over. well investigate it and they work to fix the flaw. instead, the secretary of state has continuously threatened those researchers, in this case, specif...

Georgia of independent third parties reporting possible vul s vulnerabilities to the secretary of states office. in this case within hours of getting notification of a new vulnerability on their website, they came out with this press release, possibly blaming the democratic party. you know its part of a tradition here of not taking these vulnerabilities seriously, and in this case, making a really reckless claim before that could possibly be any data to back it up. >> you said theres a history o...

Level of risk our elections are facing these days. the second is theres been a history over the last two years of a number of groups coming to georgia and saying weve found vulnerabilities in your system, and the way responsible organizations deal with this in 2018, is they say thank you for turning that over. well investigate it and they work to fix the flaw. instead, the secretary of state has continuously threatened those researchers, in this case, specifically pointing the finger to politica...

And now the republican candidate, accused of using his powers as secretary of state to sand bag his democratic opponent in the georgia governors race. >> it seems like what may have happened is kemps office got notified there were problems, evident problems in terms of the security of the georgia voting system that he oversees. he responded to that notification, essentially by claiming that the democrats must have been trying to hack into the system, if they found all of those vulnerabilities. >...

Democratic party of hacking into the voting system there in an attempt to expose its vulnerabilities. were still waiting for details and evidence supporting this 11th hour allegation. all right. lots to get to today. cnn correspondents are following candidates and their big-name backers on the trail in pennsylvania, illinois, and georgia. lets begin with kaylee hartung and this hacking investigation in georgia. shes in augusta. >> reporter: yeah, fred, this morning the secretary of states office...

Jake tapper and reacted to the news of this investigation. >> ive heard nothing about it. my reaction would be that this is a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him derelict in his duties and forced him to allow absentee ballots to be counted. those who are being held captive by the system to be allowed to vote. hes desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures, from his refusal to honor his commitment...

And is still attacking us -- thats russia -- plus the administration said china, iran and north korea are a security threat. they have very advanced cyber capabilities. and we have a new threat this time around. and that is an insider threat. we have elected officials in public leaders knowingly and wittingly spreading false information and lies to confuse voters and to pursue their own personal missions. that used to be the purview of russia. now americans are doing it themselves. and because t...

Expose vulnerabilities in the voting system. the democrats say these claims are skurulous. they are 100% false and the director of the party saying we did not create, discover, or attempt to take advantage of the deeply vulnerable system run by the secretary of state. stacey abrams was on state of the union with jake tapper and shared her reaction to the news of the investigation. >> i heard nothing about it and my reaction is this is a desperate attempt to the part of my opponent to distract fr...

Kayly hartung is here, what are they looking for? what are the allegations. >> the secretary of states office is not providing evidence as to why they opened up the investigation into the georgia democratic party. brian kemps campaign are saying the democrats tried to expose vulnerabilities in the voter registration system. the office maintains this is an ongoing investigation and they cant comment further. these claims are being absolutely refuted by georgias democratic party and saying they ar...