FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced it plans to have monitors at multiple counties in Georgia during the midterm elections. County officials told Channel 2 investigative Sophia Choi that they do not know how many DOJ monitors will be there next month, but the department also sent monitors during the last election. With the midterm elections just days away, Channel 2 Action News got an inside look at the preparations Fulton County is making ahead of the final voter day at their election headquarters. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Fulton County officials said you can expect more security during the November election. But even security is under scrutiny after a bot exposed information from the state system. Channel 2 Action News reported Sunday when it was confirmed that an AI developed by Anthropic had accessed the state’s voter system. According to officials, the bot hacked into the state system, but only got information about voters that was publicly available. In Fulton County, officials say the risk of a hack at their level is low because votes don’t go through the internet. “That is not connected to the internet whatsoever, it’s not connected on advance voting, it’s not connected on election day,” Nadine Williams, Fulton County Elections Director, said. As for the Anthropic situation, Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger issued a statement Monday saying that the access incident had happened earlier this month. On…
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