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Preparing for the Unthinkable: Inside the Simulation of Election Security
The Context: A Town Under Attack
On election day, in an imaginary American town named Adversaria, chaos ensues. Everything that could go wrong does — a bomb threat at the local post office, a hack that leaves the 911 call center offline, malfunctioning traffic lights, and the spreading of false stories about COVID outbreaks among poll workers. This vivid scenario comes from Operation Blackout, a simulation organized by the cybersecurity firm Cybereason, designed to test the robustness of election security measures.