The landmark ruling also stops free trials to police without approval.

Members of the suit each can claim up to $200.

Building on progress made in Illinois and elsewhere requires more federal money, experts say.

The incident affected UnityPoint Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and home care services in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

A small number of networks were compromised, CyberScoop has learned, but none of the targeted systems involved the tallying of votes.

The doubts are sharpest when it comes to the ability of state and local election authorities to defend against a cyberattack.

Two lawmakers are asking questions about what might have been hacked and how local election officials responded.