WAYNE COUNTY, Ind. – A voting software supplier with contracts in Indiana and several other states was involved in a Russian hacking scandal, according to the Washington Post.
VR Systems has contracts in six Indiana counties and the Washington Post reports the software was hacked by Russian intelligence.
Officials in Wayne county said they are confident voting results were not hacked. VR Systems does not supply voting machines for the county, but it does supply electronic poll books. None of the VR Systems’ products tabulate votes.
"Nothing is connected to email there would have been no possibility that our poll books could have been hacked by email that might have come through,” said Wayne County Clerk Debra Berry. “I'm quite confident and comfortable with the results of our election."
Reality Winner, 25, was placed in federal custody for allegedly leaking a classified document to a news organization that has been identified as Intercept.
The redacted version of an U.S. intelligence document describes Russian government efforts to use hacking techniques against employees of VR Systems, a company that provides technical support to government voting agencies.
Some voters were not concerned about the hack, while others were worried.
"I'm a tad bit concerned about Russia hacking our election,” said Rae Jean Clinton. “I do believe they had their hands in it. I do believe they have hacked it in certain ways, but I'm confident that my vote did count.”
