The FBI warned that "[f]oreign actors and cybercriminals" could try to take advantage of a delay in election results, and urged Americans to depend on authorities for results, and to verify social-media posts before sharing them. - Why it matters: As President Trump calls for a quick result and says the election is "rigged," his own experts are saying we may need patience.
"State and local officials typically require several days to weeks to certify elections’ final results in order to ensure every legally cast vote is accurately counted," the bulletin says. - "The increased use of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19 protocols could leave officials with incomplete results on election night."
- "Foreign actors and cybercriminals could exploit the time required to certify and announce elections’ results by disseminating disinformation that includes reports of voter suppression, cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure, voter or ballot fraud, and other problems intended to convince the public of the elections’ illegitimacy."
- Read the bulletin.
đŸ‡·đŸ‡º A top-secret CIA assessment dated Aug. 31 concludes that Vladimir Putin is "probably directing" a Russian foreign influence operation to hurt Joe Biden, WashPost columnist Josh Rogin scoops. - The document's hard-hitting lead: "We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia’s influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. Vice President, supporting the U.S. president and fueling public discord ahead of the U.S. election in November."
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