FBI Helped Twitter, Facebook Disrupt Russia Influence Operation
- Wray says no attacks seen yet on voter databases or systems
- He cites ‘highly sophisticated’ malware by Russian military
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The FBI hasn’t seen evidence that foreign adversaries have attempted to tamper with U.S. voting systems but has alerted social media companies about malign influence operations, especially by Russia, Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday.
“We haven’t seen cyber attacks to date this year on voter registration databases or on any systems involved” in voting, Wray told a cybersecurity conference. “And to our knowledge, no foreign government has attempted to tamper with U.S. vote counts.”