Software from Google aims to protect political candidates from cyber attacks

Jigsaw, the search giant’s incubator, will provide free cyber security protection to political campaigns.
The news: Candidates can now sign up for a program called Project Shield. It protects websites from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which overload websites with bogus traffic.
How it works: Instead of directly routing users to the site, traffic is quickly scanned for malicious intent, and anything that looks suspicious is denied.
Why it matters: The software can mitigate meddling in elections and ensure equal access to information on all candidates. "We’ll help anyone at any time, but the sooner people get protected the better,” George Conard, Project Shield’s product manager, told Wired.