The director of the US cybersecurity agency, Jen Easterly, said on Monday (4) that her department saw no evidence of activities that could directly impact the outcome of the election, despite the increase in disinformation.
She added that the 2024 election faced an “unprecedented amount of disinformation” from foreign adversaries.
US agencies have warned that Russia and other countries intend to spread divisive narratives ahead of the election, an accusation Moscow has denied.
Last week, Georgia state officials described as “targeted disinformation” a fake video of a Haitian immigrant with multiple identities from Georgia claiming to have voted multiple times. In a statement, senior US intelligence officials linked the video to Russia.
A representative from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said there was a high likelihood that foreign disinformation efforts would continue in the weeks and months after the election until January 6.
Easterly said the “election infrastructure has never been more secure and the voting community has never been better prepared to provide safe, secure, free and fair elections.”
This content was originally published in US cybersecurity chief says increase in disinformation did not impact elections on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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