Krebs says DHS is 'doubling down' on election security, rejects critique in news report

Christopher Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says DHS  is “doubling down” on election security efforts in advance of 2020 elections, an assertion intended to push back on news reports Thursday that the department has downsized its election security task forces.

“The facts speak for themselves, our election efforts are as much as a priority today as they were in 2018,” Krebs said in a statement. “This week we dispatched two senior...