A top U.S. intelligence official warns that China is trying to undermine President Trump's reelection bid while Russia is trying to denigrate Democrat Joe Biden.
The U.S. intelligence community is warning that Russia is working to undermine Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign, while China is trying to undermine President Trump's reelection bid.The U.S. intelligence community is warning that Russia is working to undermine Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign, while China is trying to undermine President Trump's reelection bid.The top counterintelligence official in the U.S.
In discussing tactics, Evanina noted that the countries could try to compromise election equipment either to affect results or give the illusion of tampered results, but he did not say that such activities have been observed., criticizing the U.S. response to the coronavirus, although Evanina noted that Beijing continues to weigh the"risks and benefits of aggressive action" when it comes to influencing the election.
The statement did not refer to any specific cyberattack attempts on the part of any of the three countries in the style of Russia in 2016. And Evanina noted that it would be difficult, due to the disparate nature of America's election infrastructure, to affect vote tallying at scale.that his team had seen"nothing at the directed, focused level of 2016."In a joint statement, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
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