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Foreign Adversaries Ramping Up Attacks on US Presidential Election

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - Top U.S. intelligence and security officials say the
   country's adversaries are intensifying their efforts to meddle with the
   country's upcoming presidential election, indicating the threat may be
   changing with less than a month until voters go to the polls.

   The dangers, outlined in a video shared on social media by the Federal
   Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Tuesday, are twofold -- influence
   operations designed to change the way voters think as they fill out
   their ballots, and heightened attacks on U.S. election infrastructure,
   something that officials have tried to downplay until now.

   "There is no doubt adversaries are trying to undermine our democracy
   and democratic values as we approach our elections," said William
   Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security
   Center (NCSC).

     NEW [1]#Election2020 security message from [2]@FBI Dir Christopher
     Wray, [3]@CYBERCOM_DIRNSA Gen. Nakasone, [4]@CISAKrebs and
     [5]@ODNIgov Nat'l Counterintelligence & Security Center Dir William
     Evanina - part of [6]#Protect2020 campaign
     [7]https://t.co/94jMeksiMB
     -- Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) [8]October 6, 2020

   "The American voter is the primary target," he added, updating an
   August 7 statement on election threats. "Foreign actors are spreading
   disinformation and attempting to sway voters."

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/CYBERCOM_DIRNSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/CISAKrebs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   5. https://twitter.com/ODNIgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   6. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Protect2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   7. https://t.co/94jMeksiMB
   8. https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1313508115606773760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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