2 Florida Counties Hacked in 2016 Election

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis says the FBI confirmed the Mueller report's assertion that Russian operatives targeted Florida in the 2016 election, but there was no manipulation of votes.

• Gov. Ron DeSantis met with FBI about Florida counties being hacked during 2016 election
• Govenor called hacking: Intrusions into Supervisoe of Elections networks
• No data manipulated and hacking did not impact any voting results  
• PREVIOUS STORY: Florida mentioned at least 30 times in Mueller Report

In a news conference Tuesday, the governor said he had been briefed by the FBI and that two counties were hacked by Russian "spear-fishing" during the 2016 election.

However, the counties were not named. 

DeSantis said a non-disclosure agreement had been signed and the impacted counties could not be named. 

"I recently met with the FBI concerning the election issues mention in the Mueller report," DeSantis said. "Two Florida counties experienced intrusions into supervisor of elections networks." 

The governor went on to say there was no manipulation of data and the hacking did not impact any voting.

This comes following release of the Mueller report, which indicated "Florida" had been mentioned 30 times, including a mention that an intelligence arm of the Russian military gained access to at least one Florida county government network.

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