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A6 WORLD NEWS
Friday 12 July 2024
Election officials push back against draft federal rule for reporting

potential cyberattacks

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY agency held multiple sessions
Associated Press to gather feedback. “We’re
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) taking all the comments on
— A group of state election board. We will integrate them
officials is urging the nation’s into the final rule.”
cybersecurity agency to re- Utah Lt Gov. Deidre Hender-
vise a draft rule that would son, who oversees elections
require election offices to in the state, said she was con-
disclose suspected cyberat- cerned about federal intru-
tacks to the federal govern- sion into state responsibilities.
ment, casting the mandate She said states must operate
as too burdensome on over- independently of the federal
worked local officials. government in administering
The new rule is the result of elections. “It’s one thing to
a 2022 federal law that di- regulate. They’re regulators;
rected the U.S. Cybersecurity we are operators,” she said.
and Infrastructure Security “We actually have to per-
Agency to develop regu- form these functions. And
lations that require certain that rule is an overreach.”
entities to report potential West Virginia Secretary of
cybersecurity breaches or State Mac Warner agreed,
ransomware attacks to the saying CISA had gone too
agency. Election offices far in drafting the rule.
fall under the requirement Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure “Let’s work together in solving
Security Agency, speaks at a meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington.
because their systems are Associated Press this, but don’t come out with
considered critical infrastruc- edicts and say you must do
ture, along with the nation’s define what types of cyber have been discussing their would consider the feedback this, you must report,” War-
banks, nuclear power plants incidents would trigger a re- concerns directly with CISA and adjust as necessary.The ner said.
and dams. port. The proposed rule says Director Jen Easterly, who rule is not expected to be Minnesota Secretary of State
In a letter, the executive state and local election of- is attending. Easterly said finalized until sometime next Steve Simon said he would
board of the National Asso- fices must report suspected in an interview Wednesday year. encourage agency officials
ciation of Secretaries of State breaches within 72 hours. that she has been review- “CISA was stood up to largely to take a measured ap-
asked CISA to consider mak- The association is holding ing the group’s letter along be a voluntary agency, and proach, saying he under-
ing the rule voluntary, limit its summer conference this with comments submitted in- it’s our magic. It is how we’ve stood why it was important
the types of information re- week in Puerto Rico, and dividually by state election been able to build success,” for CISA to collect the infor-
quested and more clearly some state election officials officials. She said her agency Easterly said, noting the mation. q

Mexico’s most dangerous city for police suffers simultaneous

attacks that kill 2 more officers

By MARK STEVENSON Santa Rosa de Lima gang tel and gang turf wars. were setting up a check- attacks, indicating one set
Associated Press appears to have been be- An employee of the point to check vehicle reg- of gunmen attacked the
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two hind the attacks. 300-member Celaya po- istrations. traffic officers on a street in
police officers were shot Celaya is located in the lice force who was not au- The employee said two offi- broad daylight. Soon after,
to death in the embattled north-central state of Gua- thorized to speak publicly cers died in the attack and gunmen hit another police
Mexican city of Celaya najuato, which has the about the matter said that a third was wounded and patrol car with bullets, but
amid a wave of targeted highest number of homi- gunmen opened fire on in stable condition at a lo- apparently caused no in-
attacks that authorities said cides of any state in Mexi- three unarmed municipal cal hospital. juries, and then sprayed a
Thursday were likely carried co, largely due to drug car- traffic officers while they López Obrador said the at- local police building with
out by a drug cartel. tacks have become brutal gunfire, also with no appar-
A total of 18 Celaya police and indiscriminate, and ent injuries.
officers have been shot to blamed lenient or corrupt But police also came under
death so far this year, mak- judges. “Why bother the attack later Wednesday in
ing the city of a half million traffic cops?” López Obra- the nearby town of Villa-
inhabitants probably the dor said. “Moreover, they gran, 12 miles (20 kilome-
most dangerous city in the were not carrying guns.” ters) west of Celaya, report-
hemisphere for police. The president said the at- edly wounding an officer
“This is something that wor- tacks may have been re- seriously.
ries us a lot, and more than lated to a judge’s decision The Celaya police em-
that it hurts,” President An- in June to grant a form of ployee said members of
drés Manuel López Obra- bail release to the son of the force feel they have
dor said of the attacks. the imprisoned founder of not been given adequate
Authorities confirmed that the Santa Rosa gang. The support by the federal and
gunmen opened fire on son had been arrested in state governments, and
police in at least four differ- January on charges of ille- left the relatively small local
ent locations in and around gal possession of weapons police contingent to deal
Celaya on Wednesday. Po- Municipal police officers patrol a neighborhood in Celaya, and drugs. with the vicious Santa Rosa
lice sources and the federal Guanajuato state, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2024. Associated Press López Obrador on Thursday gang mostly alone.q
government said the brutal displayed a report of the