"We assume Russia's campaign targeted all 50 states."That's the message U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had for top U.S. election officials last weekend.A day earlier, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats delivered this chilling assessment."Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack," Coats said.Before assuming his current role in Washington, Coats was a senator from Indiana.According to a congressional report published this month, the election system in the Hoosier state is especially vulnerable. The report lists Indiana as one of a dozen states that either only use voting machines that don't have voter-verifiable paper trails or use a mix of machines, with a trail and without.The report also states Indiana, "does not require robust post-election audits, and does not require pre-election logic and accuracy testing on all voting machines."To improve the situation, Indiana received $7.5 million last month from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.Last week, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson sent a letter to the commission, outlining how the money will be spent, though Lawson noted the federal dollars won't be enough to replace voting machines that don't have voter-verified paper trails.According to one estimate, Indiana will need to spend more than $22 million to replace paperless voting machines that are in use throughout the state.Elsewhere, Ohio election officials are confident the Buckeye state's voting system is safe from attack, since voting machines are required to have a paper trail, and since they're not connected to the internet.And while Kentucky is listed in the Congressional report as a vulnerable state, one official told 바카라게임 investigator Todd Dykes that some voting machines in the Bluegrass State don't have a paper backup. But that official added all new voting machines will have to include voter-verifiable paper audit capabilities.