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 feglusi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence. clint watts, former fbi special agent, distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute and author of "messing with the enemy: surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, russians, and fake news." clint, speaking of the russians, potentially, according to this