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JUST IN: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard led an investigation into Puerto Rico’s voting machines last May, according to a new Reuters report.Citing similar voting infrastructure across the United States, her office said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence identified “extremely concerning cybersecurity and operational deployment practices that pose a significant risk to U.S. elections.”ODNI said some vulnerabilities in Puerto Rico’s voting machines stemmed from the use of insecure cellular technology, along with software flaws that could allow hackers deep access into critical election systems."Given ODNI's broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security and our known work on understanding vulnerabilities to foreign and other malign interference, ODNI conducted an examination of electronic voting systems used in Puerto Rico’s elections," an ODNI spokesperson said.In April 2025, Gabbard told a Cabinet meeting that her office had obtained evidence showing U.S. electronic voting systems have long been vulnerable to hacking."We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast," she said, adding that this supports the push for nationwide paper ballots so voters can trust the integrity of U.S. elections.https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/2019236736203911681?s=20