term and a month-long attack by iran. among the hacked victims members the trump campaign. >> if undetected they would have successfully infiltrated these e-mail accounts of these key individuals. and from there they could either extract information, just espionage, or they could use their control of those accounts to launch attacks on others. >> election security has been a political football ever since the 2016 race. when russia tried everything to influence the outcome. hacking campaign e-mails, spreading disinformation, and trying to change actual votes. states are gearing up for another cyber onslaught. harding defenses, adding a paper trail, and vote audits. but experts say systems are still too vulnerable. >> there are thousands of small jurisdictions across the country that know for fact they need to improve their security and improve their accountability. >> a democratic bill that would give state $600 million to help them modernize, past the house, but stalled and the republican-led senate. >> we appropriated i think