A coordinated attack from overseas targeted 15 boards of elections offices in Maryland in an effort to disrupt the counting of mail-in ballots, the Maryland State Board of Elections confirmed Monday.The FBI is among the federal agencies investigating threats after what appears to be a coordinated attempt to disrupt the counting of ballots cast in the 2024 general election in at least four states, including Maryland.Officials said the threat originated from the same overseas source, using an email template that swapped out the name and mailing address for each local office.The email subject line was, “Listen up,” and the message read, in part: “I’ve planted a bomb … in your office … It is small and hidden very well. It probably won’t damage the building very much, but it will wound lots of people when it explodes … I plan on remotely triggering the device’s detonation as soon as there …
