http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/309530-state-of-georgia-allegedly-accusing-homeland-security-of-attempted-hack
The letter goes on say that the systems under attack contained the
personal information of over 6.5 million Georgians, 800,000 corporate
entities and over 500,000 licensed or registered professionals.
“At
no time has my office agreed to or permitted DHS to conduct penetration
testing or security scans of our network," writes Kemp. "Moreover, your
department has not contacted my office since this unsuccessful incident
to alert us of any security event that would require testing or
scanning of our network.”
Kemp is a vocal opponent of a suggestion
floated by some lawmakers that DHS declare elections critical
infrastructure, which would give the federal agency some control over
the state-based election systems. The idea was born of fears that Russia
intended to hack the presidential election. DHS has said they had no
intentions to pursue that strategy.