fear foreign hackers may turn to ransom ware. they plan to launch a program in one month that narrowly focuses on protecting voter registration databases and systems ahead of the 2020 presidential election. intelligence officials are concerned that foreign hackers in 2020 not only will target the databases but will attempt to disrupt or destroy the data itself according to current and former u.s. officials. the director of the cyber security infrastructure security agency at the department of homeland security, christopher krebs told reuters recent history has shown state and county governments and those who support them are targets for ransomware attacks. that is why they're working to help protect their database and respond to possible ransomware attacks. i'm joined which clinton watts, david salvo, deputy director of the alliance for securing democracy. thank you much. clint, what is ransomware? >> so ransomware is a type of