Russian hackers compromised the voter databases in two
counties in Florida. According to Gov. Ron DeSantis, “Two Florida counties
experienced intrusion into the supervisor of election networks. . . . There was
no manipulation . . . it did not affect voting or anything like that.”[1]
I submit that intrusion is the
operative word here, for even if voting tallies were not affected, the mentality behind intruding is itself
sordid. In other words, the source of the unethical conduct does not just lie
in the consequences, though they could admittedly be significant in the future.
The full essay is at "Russian Meddling in a U.S. Election."
1. Dustin
Votz, “Russians Breached Voter Data in Two Florida Counties in 2016,” The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2019.