Obama produced plan to counter potential Election Day cyberattack: report

Former President Obama’s administration reportedly crafted a plan last year to combat a potential cyber hack on Election Day.

The plan, reported by Time, included ideas such as sending “armed federal law enforcement agents” to polling places.

“In almost all potential cases of malicious cyber activity impacting election infrastructure, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments” would be primarily in charge of responding, said the 15-page plan, obtained by the magazine.

{mosads}If there was a “significant incident,” though, the White House was ready with “enhanced procedures,” said the plan, which was produced last October.

Other potential measures included deploying “Active and Reserve” military forces and National Guard members “upon a request from a federal agency and the direction of the Secretary of Defense or the President.”

Several investigations are currently looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race.

President Trump has criticized the Russian investigation as a “witch hunt” and dismissed it as a hoax.

He has also criticized Obama for not doing more before the election when he found out about the Russian election meddling.