U.S. cybersecurity officials warn of foreign efforts to sow doubt and chaos around election

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

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From disinformation to hacking and leaking, America's adversaries have never been this busy before an election. U.S. intelligence officials have detailed Russian disinformation, Iranian hacking and leaking efforts and a Chinese focus on congressional candidates critical of Beijing. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Jen Easterly of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0	Today a US official accused Russia and China of spreading disinformation about the US
0:06.4	government's response to Hurricane Helene and Milton. It's just the latest
0:10.4	example of foreign disinformation ahead of the election.
0:13.8	Nick Schifrin speaks to the official in charge of US cybersecurity and critical infrastructure
0:19.0	about efforts to secure the vote.
0:21.8	From disinformation to hacking and leaking, America's adversaries have never been this
0:26.5	busy before an election.
0:28.2	The latest example today, this fake image posted by a Russian news agency
0:33.1	purports to show Disney World flooded.
0:35.7	A US official said today this was probably generated
0:38.2	by artificial intelligence and then shared
0:40.4	by pro-Kremlin English language accounts.
0:43.5	U.S. intelligence officials have detailed Russian disinformation,
0:46.5	Iranian hacking and leaking efforts,
0:48.3	and a Chinese focus on congressional candidates critical of Beijing.
0:52.8	Joining us to talk about all of this is Jen Easterly,
0:55.0	the Director of SISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
0:58.8	Security Agency.
1:00.3	Jen Easterly, thank you very much.
1:01.3	Welcome back.
1:01.8	Great to be here.
1:02.6	To the news hour.
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