NEW: W/less than 2 months til #Election2022, US "not aware of any adversary #cyber campaigns specifically targeting US elections" per sr @FBI official
BUT adversaries "could seek to spread or amplify false or exaggerated claims of compromise to election infrastructure"
BUT adversaries "could seek to spread or amplify false or exaggerated claims of compromise to election infrastructure"
NEW: @FBI warns #Russia #China #Iran "will take advantage of election integrity narratives that come up in the US election ecosystem" per 2nd senior official
"We've seen that already specifically form Russia"
#Election2022
"We've seen that already specifically form Russia"
#Election2022
NEW: Ahead of #Election2022 #Russia|n gvt "expanding the ecosystem that they are using to try to identify & recruit both witting & unwitting proxy organizations" per 2nd senior @FBI official
"I think we can infer that they [Russia] think this has been relatively successful..."
"I think we can infer that they [Russia] think this has been relatively successful..."
NEW: #China-#Election2022
"The most significant shift that we are starting to identify observables on is on the China side where they may be looking to pull a broader page out of the #Russia|n playbook...identify narratives that will exacerbate divisions" per the @FBI official
"The most significant shift that we are starting to identify observables on is on the China side where they may be looking to pull a broader page out of the #Russia|n playbook...identify narratives that will exacerbate divisions" per the @FBI official
More: #China's gvt targeting individual election races "in very narrow circumstances" per 2nd sr @FBI official - noting indictment by @TheJusticeDept back in March 2022
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1504158196943970307?s=20&t=ZjyTLN73OkcMToQZPEcAqg
"There are a subset of [US] candidates that hit both the the threshold that really frustrates #China regarding dissident perspectives & #Beijing policy perspective" per 2nd sr @FBI official
NEW: @FBI identifies persistent concern about election worker safety ahead of #Election2022
Bureau's received +1,000 reported threats since June 2021.
Of those, 11% merited further investigation
So far, 4 arrests
Bureau's received +1,000 reported threats since June 2021.
Of those, 11% merited further investigation
So far, 4 arrests
Of the threats to US election workers, 58% came from 7 states having election audits/having public discourse about #Election2020:
- #Arizona
- #Colorado
- #Georgia
- #Michigan
- #Pennsylvania
- #Nevada
- #Wisconsin
per senior @FBI officials
- #Arizona
- #Colorado
- #Georgia
- #Michigan
- #Pennsylvania
- #Nevada
- #Wisconsin
per senior @FBI officials
Primary sources for threats to US election workers:
1. email
2. phone
3. social media
@FBI says most of the emails/phone numbers were ones posted on official state/local government websites
1. email
2. phone
3. social media
@FBI says most of the emails/phone numbers were ones posted on official state/local government websites
Context/Background: In June, @DHSgov, reissued its s National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin, pointing to #Election2002, among other factors, contributing to a "heightened threat environment"
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