The governor of Florida said that Russia had hacked two counties in 2016

Governor of Florida Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisTrump plays drug import application game Florida government signs bill to arm teachers Night health care: Trump wants HHS to help Florida import drugs | Graham says drug price inaction is "unacceptable" | Abortion fights warm up with Kavanaugh at Supreme Court PLUS (R) said on Tuesday that Russian hackers had managed to access voter data from two counties during the 2016 presidential election.

DeSantis' remarks come after his meeting with representatives of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about cyberattacks conducted by Moscow in 2016 in his state, a presentation that took place a few weeks after the liberation of the country. 39, special advocate. Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation over Russia MOREinvestigation of the interference in the election.

Mueller wrote in his report that his office had accepted the FBI's assessment that the GRU, the Russian intelligence service, had "access to the network of at least one Florida County government".

"As many of you know, I recently met with the FBI about the electoral problem mentioned in the Mueller report," said DeSantis at a news conference.

"Two Florida counties had an intrusion into the election supervisor's networks, there was no manipulation or anything, but there were voter data that [hackers were] able to have. Now, that voter data was public anyway. Nevertheless, they were intrusions. It did not affect any vote or anything like that, "he said.

According to the Mueller report, GRU members sent "spearphishing on more than 120 email accounts used by Florida County officials responsible for the administration of the 2016 US election. "These emails included an attached Word document encoded by a malicious program, allowing hackers Russian to infect computers if the attachment was open.

Mueller said his office "had not independently verified" the FBI's computer hacking assessment, which had conducted the investigation into the intrusion.

DeSantis said the FBI was working with both counties at the time and that county officials were aware of the intrusion before the 2016 elections.

He refused, however, to identify the counties, noting that he had "signed a disclosure agreement".

"I'm not allowed to name the counties," DeSantis said.

Florida lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used this announcement to support their argument that Congress should be informed of piracy.

"It is precisely for this reason that the Congress needs to know what Russia has done and which counties were involved in their electoral interference." The FBI briefing @RepStephMurphy and I asked that it be essential to protect our elections and our voters from further attacks, "said the representative. Michael WaltzFlorida Governor Michael Waltz said Russia had hacked two counties in 2016. McCarthy, an ally in retaliation for the leader of the Freedom Caucus, are the legislators who will lose their salaries when the chain closes. MORE (R-Fla.) Tweeted, pointing to a bipartite briefing request he made with Rep. Stephanie MurphyStephanie Murphy: Center-Center Division Forces Dems to Drop Vote on Hillicon Valley Budget – Presented by CTIA and US Wireless Sector – Legislator Seeks Political Return on Investment in Fighting Deepfakes | Technology giants will testify at the hearing on allegations of "censorship" | Google pulls out the board of Amnesty International A legislator claims that the return of the policy in the failure of the measure "deepfakes" failed MORE (D-Fla.).

-Updated at 12:48.