The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today announced a change in policy requiring the timely notification of state officials of potential cyber threats to election infrastructure. The new internal policy was prompted by the need to make sure that such incidents can be mitigated promptly. Chief state election officials “with ultimate authority over elections held in the state”” that will be alerted by the FBI following such incidents will be able to take more suitable mitigation measures than local officials based on higher authority alone. Keeping both state and local election officials in the loop will allow for increased reaction times.”
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-to-warn-state-officials-of-election-infrastructure-cyber-threats/