LINCOLN- Two bills in the Nebraska legislature would provide millions of dollars in cybersecurity upgrades to the state. One would hire "ethical hackers," where the state would pay an outside company to try to break into state agencies, cities, schools and even election infrastructure. Sen. Lippincott's first of two bills would spread $11 million across the state for cybersecurity upgrades.

Lippincott's second bill would pay for the Nebraska State Patrol to hire ethical hackers. "Hire 10 of them. That was my only thought when I read that was just one? Yeah, get a team of folks to do it," Hunter said. "And the idea is they can identify potential problems then turn around and say, I was able to do this, now go fix and patch that."

Lippincott wants to go beyond that and test Nebraska's election infrastructure. The Nebraska Secretary of State's office says it partners with Homeland Security, the FBI and other national security agencies year-round, including presidential election years, to maintain and improve their current security protocols.

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