With help from Mike Farrell, Mary Lee, Martin Matishak and Kayla Sharpe
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— One House committee today makes another go at election security legislation while another explores supply chain security.
— It’s not clear who’s behind all of it, but typosquatters are sending would-be visitors to candidate and election sites elsewhere, sometimes with malicious intent.
— There’s a reason businesses relent when hijackers demand ransom: The downtime cost is plenty higher than the payment hackers seek, according to an estimate out today.
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