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href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/news\/election-security\/\"> <span>Election Security<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The IC said Moscow-directed actors and other countries could threaten election officials with violence to disrupt vote counting and certification. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/82245\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" 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(Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI \/ AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"50.424933604124\"><body readability=\"102.56910850035\"><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. intelligence community is anticipating a potentially tumultuous post-election period this year, where foreign governments will seek to amplify domestic unrest to cast doubt about the legitimacy of the winner while undermining confidence in democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence singled out Russia, using some of their strongest language to date to warn that leaders in Moscow are preparing a full-court press in the final weeks of the election and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intelligence community is increasingly confident that Russian actors are considering \u2014 and in some cases implementing \u2014 a broad range of influence efforts timed to the election,\u201d an ODNI official told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a hard-fought presidential election, U.S. officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/FMIC\/documents\/ODNI-Election-Security-Update-20241021.pdf\">increasingly focused on what happens after Nov. 5<\/a>, when they expect close margins and days of vote counting to be marred by claims of voter fraud, false allegations of election infrastructure hacks, protests, threats and even violence. This time period, from election day through the electoral certification process, represents a \u201cwindow of vulnerability\u201d that intelligence officials expect Russian propaganda networks to pounce on. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While ODNI officials noted that there remains no evidence that foreign actors are attempting to actually hack or breach voting machines or other election infrastructure, countries including Russia and Iran are \u201chighly likely\u201d to conduct information operations in the period after voting ends. They may also seek to alter or deface public-facing websites to promote confusion.<\/p>\n<p>With election day two weeks away, U.S. agencies have stepped up their coordination as they expect significant disruption and turmoil. As one example, an official said that an interagency group of experts has met six times in the past week alone to review intelligence and discuss possible actions. Another ODNI official said they have received exponentially more nominations this year to their notification framework \u2014 an interagency vetting process that identifies foreign influence or interference efforts and notifies victims \u2014 than prior election cycles.<\/p>\n<p>While the ODNI\u2019s Foreign Malign Influence Center focuses strictly on disinformation campaigns coming from overseas, in many cases these efforts will complement and boost false information that is already being spread by domestic groups.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Republican candidate Donald Trump and his allies have waged a scorched-earth campaign to denigrate the integrity of the electoral system since losing the 2020 presidential election. Surveys continually show that a large number of Republican voters and elected officials continue to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 vote and expect to do the same in 2024 if Trump does not win.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin-aligned influence actors have repeatedly amplified those claims this year, both through inorganic networks online and at times by laundering pro-Russia narratives<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/rt-arms-dealing-global-influence-operations\/\"> through popular American conservative influencers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officials said that Russia and Iran have already attempted to recruit American individuals to conduct political protests, citing intelligence that both countries are \u201cwilling to at least consider tactics that would contribute to such violence\u201d in service of their larger objectives. <\/p>\n<p>Both Russia and Iran have attempted to amplify, participate in and in some cases organize domestic protests in the United States, often relying on unwitting Americans who also espouse belief in the same causes. In 2020, U.S. officials revealed that actors tied to the Iranian government <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fbi-iran-cisa-death-threats-election\/\">were behind<\/a> a website that made death threats toward federal, state and local election officials.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-officials-say-russia-created-manipulated-content-to-feed-tim-walz-rumors\"><strong>Officials say Russia created manipulated content to feed Tim Walz rumors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/russian-propaganda-unit-storm-1516-false-tim-walz-sexual-abuse-claims\/\">report<\/a> in Wired this week cited disinformation researchers from Clemson University who claimed that a coordinated effort online to accuse Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz of sexually abusing a former student was being amplified and driven by Russian propaganda actors. One of the parties involved in that effort, Storm-1516, is believed <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/on-the-issues\/2024\/09\/17\/russian-election-interference-efforts-focus-on-the-harris-walz-campaign\/\">to be behind<\/a> an earlier staged video purporting to show Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris engaged in a hit-and-run accident.<\/p>\n<p>The Wired report also noted that the rumors around Walz were initially pushed by a network run by John Dougan, a former Florida cop who now runs a pro-Russian propaganda outfit in Moscow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That effort included a seemingly AI-created video of an individual claiming to be a student of Walz who was victimized. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/2024\/10\/21\/tim-walz-matthew-metro-video\/\">reached<\/a> by the Washington Post, the individual confirmed he was a former student at the same school but debunked the accusations and said he had never met Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence officials appeared to back up the Clemson researchers\u2019 claims, telling reporters that Moscow not only boosted the rumors around Walz online, but also created fake content to reinforce their credibility. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intelligence community assesses that Russian influence actors created and amplified content alleging inappropriate activity committed by the Democratic vice-presidential candidate during his earlier career,\u201d the ODNI official said, noting a review of the media \u201crevealed several indicators of manipulation that are consistent with the influence efforts and tactics of Russian actors this cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials declined to provide further details on how they were able to link the video and operation to Russian influence actors, except to say that it was based on new intelligence that goes beyond analysis of the manipulated video. 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