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Political rivals join forces to protect America’s elections

Participants in a Harvard-sponsored cyberattack simulation work under extreme time pressure to develop a plan for thwarting cyberattacks on 'Election Day' as organizers throw one curve ball after the next. More than 160 officials from 38 states attended the event, hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as part of the Defending Digital Democracy project launched in 2017.

For all the concern that Russian hackers sought to exploit US political divides, they have done quite the opposite in at least one instance. Their interference in the 2016 election has united two prominent political rivals who – as partisan as they have been – care even more about safeguarding American elections.

Campaign manager Robby Mook poured heart and soul into trying to get Hillary Clinton elected. Matt Rhoades, who managed Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, went on to establish one of the most prominent groups working against Mrs. Clinton – the political action committee America Rising.

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