u.s. elections. and get a free shredder with annual membership. this time the department of homeland security is warning the call now to start your membership or visit lifelock.com/tv kremlin may turn to ransomware in 2020. reuters were first to report the u.s. government plans to launch a program in roughly one month that narrowly focuses on protecting voter registration databases and systems ahead of the 2020 presidential election. ransomware attacks hold computer systems hostage until payment is made. a technology official telling reuters quote a preelection undetected attack could tamper with voter lists creating huge confusion and delays, disenfranchisement, at large could compromise the validity of the election. officials say this new dhs program will run parallel with local, state, and private sector efforts to try to keep russian hackers out of american voting software. attacks that were attempted back in 2016. here with us to talk more about it, frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence.