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Homeland Security

China, Russia, Iran Trying To Influence, Compromise U.S. Elections, Senior Intel Official Warns

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 24th, 2020

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China, Russia, Iran Trying To Influence, Compromise U.S. Elections, Senior Intel Official Warns

William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Photo: ODNI

China, Russia and Iran are all attempting to influence the upcoming national elections in November, using traditional and social media to penetrate networks used by campaigns, candidates and election systems, a senior U.S. intelligence official warned last Friday. “Today, we see our adversaries seeking to compromise the private communications of U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other political targets,” William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), said in a statement issued through the Office of the Director…

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