The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has found no evidence of election fraud, and now two key officials may be evicted.
Bryan Ware, a topmost official in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and a member of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned today.
Created by Donald Trump in 2018, CISA plays a leading role in “managing risks to the Nation’s infrastructure” and also preventing and responding to ransomware attacks.
Ransomware is installed malicious software that shuts down computer systems; after that, hackers will then ask for a ransom for the services to be returned to normal.
Apart from an attack on Hall County, Georgia, the nation’s election infrastructure was effectively guarded against attacks, according to Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council.
In his Resignation letter, Bryan Ware implied that the decision was not his, and saying that “it’s too soon.” The resignation has been accompanied by rumors that CISA Director Christopher Krebs is expecting to be fired and it comes amidst the shakeup at the Department of Defense.
On November 9, President Trump has announced the firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper via tweet. The DoD’s acting chief, the chief of staff to the defense secretary, and the undersecretary of defense for intelligence have all resigned.
The same purge at CISA won’t be too much of a surprise for the president has called into question the reliability of the results and has suspected systemic election fraud.
CISA’s Election Security: Rumor VS Reality page, throws cold water on many claims that Trump and his allies have made since last Tuesday’s presidential election.
Following Ware’s resignation, the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council, where CISA Assistant Director Bob Kolasky is a member, released a letter that claims the systemic election rigging was “unfounded.”
It addresses the state, saying:
“There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”
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