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Will We Be Safe From Election Hacking in 2020?

Bloomberg Technology’s Kartikay Mehrotra investigates what Illinois has done since to prepare for the next presidential election.

Will We Be Safe From Election Hacking in 2020?
A voter casts a ballot in front of an American flag as other wait in line at a polling station in Purcellville, Virginia, U.S. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Ahead of the 2016 elections, Illinois' voter database was infiltrated by Russia's state-backed hackers. On this week's Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Kartikay Mehrotra investigates what Illinois has done since to prepare for the next presidential election, and whether states and counties across the country are ready for 2020.

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