{"id":35110,"date":"2020-09-11T10:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=35110"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:36:51","slug":"cloudflare","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/bio\/cloudflare\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website security company\u2019s \u201cAthenian Project\u201d provided protection against data theft and distributed denial of service, or DDoS attacks in the 2018 midterm elections to state and local government election websites, including those that contained information about voter registration, polling places or unofficial election-night results. Federal cybersecurity officials and industry experts alike have warned that these websites \u2014 which often reside on unsecured dot-com or dot-org domains \u2014 are potential prey for ransomware attacks that could disrupt the flow of information to voters on Election Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, Cloudflare is providing the service to 229 election websites in 28 states, the company said. 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