A senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Tuesday that he had not seen anything that could affect election infrastructure disruptions, reassured reporters on a handful of voting-related issues. seemed to disregard the report of

In occasional controversial background calls with reporters, senior CISA officials are aware of several widely reported problems related to voting machines or county government websites involved in the voting process. I was not aware of any other issues.

Officials at CISA, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said they were aware of the problem in Maricopa County, Arizona, and were in communication with the county and elected officials. voting issue.

“Elections are incredibly technical and complex, and there are huge differences in how voting works from county to county and state to state,” the official said, referring to further questions for Maricopa officials.

“While changes may delay the reporting of results, it is important to emphasize that such issues should not affect a person’s ability to vote,” the official said.

The official cautioned against misinterpreting “normal technical challenges” as malicious activity, but said a range of activities, including an announcement from a pro-Russian hacking group that targeted specific websites deflected repeated questions from reporters about certain incidents, including; (These websites appeared to be down, according to a reporter who asked by phone.)

CISA said it did not track Twitter or media reports about government websites in Champaign, Illinois. taken offline Influencing today’s vote.

“We are not specifically tracking it,” said a senior CISA official.

Senior CISA officials also said the agency does not monitor social media.

But officials said CISA has seen no evidence of foreign influence affecting electoral infrastructure.

CISA continued to state that it “does not see any specific or credible threats to disrupt election infrastructure or manipulate Election Day. No,” the official said.

Officials passed on additional questions to a spokesperson, who has yet to respond to Yahoo News’ repeated requests for more information on the threat of cyber disruptions and attacks.