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A confidential report alleging Georgia’s voting touchscreens could be hacked is now being reviewed by the federal government.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency wrote in a court filing late Thursday it will assess potential vulnerabilities and decide whether updates or patches are needed to mitigate risks.

CISA’s action came in response to a report by a computer scientist who said someone could change voters’ ballot choices if they had physical access to Georgia’s voting touchscreens or election management computers.

Georgia election officials say the state’s voting systems are secure, and vulnerabilities discovered in a lab would be difficult to exploit in a real election.

There’s no indication that Georgia’s election computers manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems were hacked in the 2020 election, but an ongoing election security lawsuit alleges the touchscreens could be exploited in future elections. Three ballot counts and multiple investigations checked the 2020 election results.