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Walker Activates Wis. National Guard Cybersecurity Teams Ahead of Election

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Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

By    |   Sunday, 04 November 2018 02:42 PM EST

Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker has activated the state's National Guard's cybersecurity teams to be on standby for Tuesday's midterms.

"Wisconsin voters should feel confident that the Wisconsin National Guard’s team is ready if needed to provide assistance on Election Day,” Major Gen. Donald Dunbar said in a statement last Friday.

“The governor’s executive order simply allows us to deploy those resources quickly.”

There’s been no other orders other than to remain under alert, ABC affiliate 27 News reported.

"At this time we have no requests for support but in the event that we were requested to support we could more rapidly deploy service members, in this case our cyber security team," Major Joy Staab of the Wisconsin National Guard told the affiliate. 

She added it’s the first time the cybersecurity teams will come into use since their creation in 2016.

“We would rather be prepared to more rapidly deploy the troops and not use them if we don’t have to,” Staab said.

According to The Hill, the Center for Strategic and International Studies has found that 40 states have poured over $75 million into improvements for election security.

Meanwhile, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told CBS News’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday that Americans can be assured of protection from foreign threats on Tuesday.

"I think we’ve made great progress, particularly at the individual polling stations and with the tabulations of votes,” he said. “So I think people should vote with confidence.”

"What I'm more concerned about is a flood of fake accounts or fake manipulation through social media, where again we've made some progress," he added. "But the companies have not moved as far as they need to move."

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Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker has activated the state's National Guard's cybersecurity teams to be on standby for Tuesday's midterms."Wisconsin voters should feel confident that the Wisconsin National Guard's team is ready if needed to provide assistance on...
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