DHS appointees reportedly asked CISA to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine

A ProPublica post reports that DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, the agency that protects election systems, to secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. The post says the request was not acted on.

Timeline

1. 20 Oct, 21:00 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 20 Oct, 21:00 UTCPicked up on News

Top sources

• cisaGoogle Trends
• Trump Officials Gave Terrifying Order About Voting MachinesThe New Republic
• Trump: Actually, election security is a bad thingDaily Kos
• DHS Asked CISA To Hack An Election MachineForbes