Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he was asked repeatedly in the fall by citizens if their vote was going to count, and said more information needs to be given to the public so they have confidence.
"Have you seen them subside at all any of their activities since we have taken some actions?"
Senators said the Homeland Security Department should reveal which state election systems were targeted by hackers as Jeanette Manfra, the department's undersecretary for cybersecurity, demurred.
This week the Intercept reported that Russian military intelligence sent "spear-phishing" emails to more than a hundred local election officials in the days before the November election.
Either way, officials said they don't have any evidence that actual vote tallies were affected.
The hearing itself marks another small victory for House Russia investigators, who have been attempting to right their investigation ever since House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes' clandestine trip to the White House in March nearly derailed the House probe.
"I think the primary goal (of the 2016 effort) in my mind was to sow discord, and to try to de-legitimise our free and fair election process, "FBI Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director Bill Priestap said, CNN reported". Trump has variously said Russian Federation may or may not have been responsible for hacking but has dismissed allegations his associates colluded with Moscow as "fake news".
"By effectively reinforcing the Russian narrative and publicly saying that our system is rigged, did then-candidate Trump, now President Trump, become what intelligence officials call an unwitting agent?" He shrugged and declined to comment.
"I don't blame you for not answering that question", Heinrich said, prompting laughter from the room.
"The DNC has and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement on Russia's interference in our election".
He said he and his team spent 10 years researching cyber vulnerabilities of election equipment.
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Russian Federation talk is FAKE NEWS put out by the Dems, and played up by the media, in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks! He said he wants to declassify "as much as we can" for a final report of the committee.
People connected to the Russian government tried to hack election-related computer systems in 21 states, a Department of Homeland Security official testified Wednesday.
The president's tweet Thursday appears to cast doubt on the assessment of 17 intelligence agencies that blame Russian Federation for election meddling.
Johnson on Wednesday shed light on his working relationship with Comey, describing Comey as "the cop, and I am the fireman", referring to the FBI's role in identifying threats and the DHS's role in "patching vulnerabilities, detecting bad actors in the system". Johnson says he not aware of any information beyond what's been reported publicly and what the US intelligence community has gathered.
All this came as news to many state and local election officials, who past year received Federal Bureau of Investigation and DHS warnings to strengthen their security systems and be on guard for cyber intrusions, but did not know the operation's sweep.
"No, and I'm not sure I had the authority to do that".
U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.
Former Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson says he was not happy that he learned well after the fact that the Democratic National Committee's computer systems had been hacked. Johnson said initial reaction from state officials to the designation "ranged from neutral to negative".
However, Alex Halderman, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of MI, contended US election equipment is "vulnerable to sabotage" that "could change votes".
But computer scientist J. Alex Halderman, a professor at the University of MI, talked about ways his team has exposed serious vulnerabilities in voting technology.
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