US Cybersecurity Agency Director Jane Easterly said Monday that her department has not seen evidence of any activity that could directly affect the outcome of the election, despite the rise in misinformation.
She added that the 2024 elections faced an “unprecedented amount of disinformation” from foreign adversaries.
US agencies have warned that Russia and others intend to stir up divisive narratives ahead of the election, an accusation Russia has denied.
Georgia state officials last week described a fake video circulating online of a Haitian immigrant holding multiple Georgia identities and claiming to have voted multiple times as “targeted misinformation.” In a statement, senior US intelligence officials linked the video to Russia.
A senior official at 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 Jan. 6.
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“The election infrastructure has never been more secure and the election community has never been more prepared to deliver safe, secure, free and fair elections,” Easterly said.
—Christopher Bing reports
