Why the 2018 Midterms Are So Vulnerable to Hackers
29 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WITH MANY SMALL DONATIONS, AND A PRECIOUS FEW LARGER ONES - We are making progress on the year-end funding-drive. A handful of people are keeping RSN going by stepping up with contributions. Don't let them stand alone. We need your help now. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Why the 2018 Midterms Are So Vulnerable to Hackers Evan Osnos, The New Yorker Osnos writes: "How much of an effect could Russian interference actually have in 2018? The effects could be meaningful, even if they never touch the tallies directly." READ MORE he first primary of the 2018 midterm elections, in Texas, is barely eight weeks away. It’s time to ask: Will the Russian government deploy “active measures” of the kind it used in 2016? Is it possible that a wave of disinformation on Facebook and Twitter could nudge the results of a tight congre...