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FBI, CISA Warn of Disinformation Campaigns Targeting 2020 Election Results

23

Sep

2020

Spreading disinformation on the results of the elections represents a threat to the credibility of the electoral process, meant to undermine confidence in the democratic institutions in the United States, the alert reads. According to the FBI and CISA, both foreign actors and cybercriminals are expected to target the 2020 elections through newly created websites, […]

Facebook Says Fake Accounts From China Aimed at US Politics

23

Sep

2020

The takedown came as part of the social networks fight against “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and marked the first time Facebook had seen such a campaign based in China targeting US politics, according to head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher. Facebook did not connect the campaign to the Chinese government, saying its investigation found links to […]

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Time running out to protect US November elections

15

Jul

2020

Four years have passed since the 2016 presidential election when revelations of Russian hacking of the DNC threw political contests into turmoil. In the aftermath, the Mueller investigation, Justice Department indictments and other efforts made clear that the US election and voting systems themselves were the targets of cyberattacks. The subsequent Mueller probe and DOJ […]

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