Cybersecurity Concerns May Prevent 1 in 4 Americans From Voting
Carbon Black, a provider of endpoint security that describes itself as having been “founded by former members of the U.S. government’s elite team of offensive security hackers,” conducted a survey and found that one in four Americans may choose not to vote in upcoming elections because of cybersecurity concerns.
The organization’s nationwide survey of 5,000 eligible U.S. voters found that 45 percent believe the 2018 midterm elections will be influenced by cyberattacks, 54 percent said cybersecurity is less secure than they thought prior to the 2016 elections and 27 percent said they will consider not voting in upcoming elections because of their concerns about cybersecurity, meaning that “as many as 58.8 million voters may actively decide to stay home during upcoming elections, including the 2018 midterms,” according to the report.