Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill says the state will receive about $5 million in federal funds to help protect the 2020 elections from cyberattacks. According to a news report, Merrill says the money is Connecticut’s share of a $425 million federal fund approved by Congress to enhance the integrity of electoral systems all across the country. Merrill says it will be used for cybersecurity for Connecticut’s unique election system of 169 independent towns and give voters the confidence that their ballots are secure. In addition, Merrill says she’s grateful to the state’s congressional delegation and the U.S. House of Representatives for fighting to secure the federal funds. “Without that faith in elections, we will really have a problem in 2020. Because I don’t need to tell you people are already suspicious of everything. And so we want to make sure that we can do everything we can to make sure this is the smoothest election we’ve ever had,” Merrill says.
Since last year's summers, Chinese hackers have been targeting South Asian companies that own online gambling and betting websites. The gambling companies in South Asia have confirmed the hacks, whereas rumors of cyberattacks on betting websites have also emerged from Europe, and the Middle East, however, the rumors are yet to confirm, says the reports of cybersecurity group Trend Micro and Talent-Jump. Cybersecurity experts claim that no money was stolen in these hacks against the gambling websites. However, hackers have stolen source codes and databases. The motive of the attack was not a cybercrime, but rather espionage intended attack to gain intelligence. According to the experts, a group named ' DRBControl ' is responsible for the cyberattack. According to the reports of Trend Micro, the hacking techniques used in this particular cyberattack incident is similar to methods done by Emissary Panda and Winnti. All of these hacking groups are from China that has launc
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