'To my disappointment, the reaction to a critical infrastructure designation, at least from those who spoke up, ranged from neutral to negative,' Johnson says. He said most state officials were resistant to his help.

On August 15, Johnson says he held a conference call with secretaries of state and other election officials of every state in the country, warning them to ensure the security and resilience of their election infrastructure, and offering DHS's assistance to do that. 'In this realm and at this moment, those on offense have the upper hand.' 'Cyberattacks of all manner and from multiple sources are going to get worse before they get better,' Johnson says. Johnson will also express concerns about the worsening threat of cyberattacks, and describes his efforts to help states protect their elections systems from intrusion. Its investigation is one of several congressional and federal probes looking into the matter. Johnson's testimony to the House intelligence panel will supplement its ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. 'In 2016 the Russian government, at the direction of Vladimir Putin himself, orchestrated cyberattacks on our Nation for the purpose of influencing our election вЂ“ plain and simple,' Johnson will say. In his testimony, Johnson, President Obama's homeland security secretary from 2013 to the end of his second term, confirms the Russians launched cyberattacks aimed at the 2016 presidential campaign 'for the purpose of influencing our election,' a finding that is shared by U.S. 'I am not in a position to know whether the successful Russian government-directed hacks of the DNC and elsewhere did in fact alter public opinion and thereby alter the outcome of the presidential election.' 'To my current knowledge, the Russian government did not through any cyber intrusion alter ballots, ballot counts or reporting of election results,' Johnson will say, according to his planned testimony published online Tuesday night. Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that the Russian government did not 'alter ballots, ballot counts, or reporting of election results,' during its 2016 hacking campaign.

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