Ex-Facebook executive says US midterm election cybersecurity is weak

Published October 18, 2018 3:38pm ET



Facebook’s former chief of security warned that the United States is not equipped to handle potential cyber interference in the 2018 midterm elections.

During an interview with NBC News, Alex Stamos said the U.S. has not launched the kind of massive upgrade in campaign infrastructure that would be needed to stand against a professional hacking agency.

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