"Alex Stamos, who until recently was Facebook’s chief security officer, has a dimmer view.
In an article
published on Wednesday on Lawfare, a news site that covers national
security, Mr. Stamos wrote that the string of attacks revealed by
Facebook, Microsoft and others were evidence that “America’s adversaries
believe that it is still both safe and effective to attack U.S.
democracy using American technologies and the freedoms we cherish.”
The
government’s failure to address these threats have left the United
States “unprepared to protect the 2018 elections,” Mr. Stamos said. He
outlined a set of legislative, regulatory and law enforcement steps
Americans might take to secure their digital house.
If we move fast, he said, we might be able to salvage 2020."
