On Monday, senior U.S. government intelligence officials stepped up their concerns about foreign meddling in the election, particularly from Russia.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) expressed their alarm after issuing warnings over the interference on Friday.
According to the three agencies, they have “been observing foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, conducting additional influence operations intended to stoke divisions among Americans and undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections.”
The seven major swing states—Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina—will be the focus of these efforts, which they stated will ramp up throughout Tuesday, election day, and beyond.
Voters in the United States are debating whether to elect Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or former Republican President Donald Trump to the White House.
According to the joint statement, “Russia is the most active threat.”According to the group, “influence actors” connected to Russia are fabricating tales and films to sabotage the credibility of the election, frighten voters away from the process, and imply that people who hold different political opinions are resorting to violence against one another.
According to the authorities, “these efforts run the risk of inciting violence, including against election officials.”
“We expect more fabricated content with these themes to be released by Russian actors throughout election day and in the days and weeks following the close of polls.”
According to the intelligence experts, Russian-influenced operators recently published fabricated articles claiming that American officials were attempting to sway the elections through hacks and ballot stuffing.
In order to support Vice President Kamala Harris, these criminals “also produced and aired a recent video that fabricated an interview with a person alleging election fraud in Arizona.”
It further stated, “The claim made in the video has already been denied as untrue by the Secretary of State of Arizona.”
The statement added that Iran had started “maliciouis cyber activities” to harm Trump.
Fake messages and films meant to incite violence are another way the Tehran regime is attempting to sway the election.
According to the intelligence officials, Iran is still committed to exacting revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an American airstrike in Iraq in January 2020 on Trump’s orders.
