In the past four years, there has been a small matter or a habit that is gradually forming. That is, politicians, campaign workers, and their families and friends have all begun to use USB hardware keys to log in to email accounts and other online services.
Moreover, Google provides a very convenient platform for selling this hardware, and the products available for users to choose from are also very rich, including products from GoTrust, TrustKey, and Yubico manufacturers.
In a blog post published on December 9, Google stated that it is cooperating with the non-profit organization Defending Digital Campaigns to distribute more than 10,500 toolkits containing USB physical security keys. The Federal Election Commission authorized the non-profit organization to distribute cybersecurity products to campaigns for free or at discounted prices. This means that if campaigns want to improve security, they don’t have to worry about funding. Microsoft also cooperates with this non-profit organization.
A person familiar with the matter told CNBC that Joe Biden asked team members to deploy security keys during the campaign, but has not received a response so far.
Jeremy Grant, who used to work in cybersecurity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is now the managing director of Venable Law Firm, said: “Because these little things are working, there is no such thing as Incidents like Podesta. It’s not that no one has tried to phish these accounts, but they know that all of this will happen, and there are tools to stop them.”
In 2016, a hacker group believed to be related to Russia attacked the personal Google Gmail account of John Podesta, chairman of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and the email information was translated on WikiLeaks come out. The Democratic National Committee was also attacked.
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