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Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections

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Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections has become a matter of concern at the highest echelons of national security as well as in the computer and social media industries.

According to Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Russia is attempting to interfere with the 2020 United States elections.[1][2][3] Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, Wray stated, "We are very much viewing 2018 as just kind of a dress rehearsal for the big show in 2020."[4] Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, believes that Russia and China will both attempt to influence the elections.[5][6] Coats appointed Shelby Pierson as the U.S. election security czar in July 2019, creating a new position in a move seen as an acknowledgment that foreign influence operations against U.S. elections will be ongoing indefinitely.[7][8] Election-security task forces established before the 2018 midterm elections at the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency and the United States Cyber Command have been expanded and "made permanent".[2] During a hearing in the United States House of Representatives concerning the contents of the Mueller Report, Robert Mueller said that the Russians continue to interfere in U.S. elections.[9][10] Shortly thereafter, the Senate Intelligence Committee released the first volume of a bipartisan report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, a report that included recommendations for securing the 2020 elections.[11][12]

Various disinformation campaigns on social media have targeted the Democratic Party candidates running in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[13] This has prompted considerable concern regarding the ability of social media companies to cope with disinformation and manipulation.[14][15] Microsoft developed open source software called ElectionGuard to help safeguard the 2020 elections.[16] In mid-July 2019, Microsoft announced that it had, over the prior year, "notified nearly 10,000 customers they've been targeted or compromised by nation-state attacks". Based on attacks that had targeted political organizations, and on experience from 2016 and 2018, Microsoft anticipated "attacks targeting U.S. election systems, political campaigns or NGOs that work closely with campaigns".[17] Of the "nation-state attacks" that had originated from Russia, Microsoft claimed that they followed the "same pattern of engagement" as Russian operations in 2016 and 2018.[18]

President Donald Trump said that he would accept information from other nations about his opponents in the 2020 United States presidential election.[19][20]

Prior to resigning as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen attempted to organize a meeting of the U.S. Cabinet to discuss how to address potential foreign interference in the 2020 elections. Mick Mulvaney, the White House Chief of Staff, reportedly warned her to keep the subject away from Trump, who views the discussion as questioning the legitimacy of his victory in 2016.[21] Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, has blocked various bills intended to improve election security from being considered,[22][23][24] including some measures that have had bipartisan support.[25][26] However, various states have implemented changes, such as paper ballots.[27] Democratic members of Congress have cited the lack of effort to secure U.S. elections against foreign interference, particularly from Russia, as among grounds to begin an impeachment inquiry.[28]

In his Congressional testimony, Mueller stated that "many more countries" have developed disinformation campaigns based partly on the Russian model. Between January and late July 2017, Twitter had identified and shut down over 7,000 phony accounts created by Iranian influence operations.[29]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "FBI Director Wray: Russia intent on interfering with U.S. elections". Reuters. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Goldman, Adam (April 26, 2019). "F.B.I. Warns of Russian Interference in 2020 Race and Boosts Counterintelligence Operations". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. ↑ Sebenius, Alyza (2019-03-09). "Russian Internet Trolls Are Apparently Switching Strategies for 2020 U.S. Elections". Time. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  4. ↑ Bump, Philip (2019-07-25). "A brief history of administration officials warning that our elections are at risk from Russia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  5. ↑ Dilanian, Ken (2019-01-29). "U.S. intel agencies: Russia and China plotting to interfere in 2020 election". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  6. ↑ Coats, Daniel R. (2019-01-29). "Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community" (PDF). United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Retrieved 2019-07-27. Russia's social media efforts will continue to focus on aggravating social and racial tensions, undermining trust in authorities, and criticizing perceived anti-Russia politicians. Moscow may employ additional influence toolkits—such as spreading disinformation, conducting hack-and-leak operations, or manipulating data—in a more targeted fashion to influence US policy, actions, and elections.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Julian E. (July 19, 2019). "Intelligence Chief Names New Election Security Oversight Official". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ Myre, Greg (2019-07-28). "Dan Coats, Who Challenged President Trump, Is Ousted From Top Intelligence Job". NPR. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  9. ↑ "Robert Mueller's testimony: The biggest takeaway is Russia's interference in US elections". CNN. July 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  10. ↑ Tucker, Eric; Jalonick, Mary Clare; Balsamo, Michael (2019-07-25). "Mueller rejects Trump's claims of exoneration, 'witch hunt'". The Washington Post. And [Mueller] said of the interference by Russians and others: "They are doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign."
  11. ↑ Sanger, David E.; Edmondson, Catie (2019-07-25). "Russia Targeted Election Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds". The New York Times. But while the bipartisan report's warning that the United States remains vulnerable in the next election is clear, its findings were so heavily redacted at the insistence of American intelligence agencies that even some key recommendations for 2020 were blacked out.
  12. ↑ "Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  13. ↑ Korecki, Natasha (February 20, 2019). "'Sustained and ongoing' disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates; A coordinated barrage of social media attacks suggests the involvement of foreign state actors". Politico.com. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  14. ↑ Zakrzewski, Cat (2019-06-26). "The Technology 202: Social media companies readying to combat disinformation in Democratic debates". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-07-27. Facebook and Twitter say they're taking additional precautions this week after analysis found debates were a key target for Russian actors seeking to sow discord on social media ahead of the 2016 election. The companies are under immense public pressure to avoid a repeat in 2020 after they say they were caught off guard by the foreign influence operations in 2016.
  15. ↑ O'Kane, Caitlin (2019-05-31). "Russian trolls fueled anti-vaccination debate in U.S. by spreading misinformation on Twitter, study finds". CBS News. Retrieved 2019-07-28. Facebook also said it would crack down on the spread of vaccine misinformation by de-prioritizing medical myths across the platform ... however, misinformation about vaccines is not the only threat, as Russia is focusing on spreading misinformation around health care issues ahead of the 2020 election.
  16. ↑ Parks, Miles (2019-05-06). "Ahead Of 2020, Microsoft Unveils Tool To Allow Voters To Track Their Ballots". NPR.
  17. ↑ Burt, Tom (2019-07-17). "New cyberthreats require new ways to protect democracy". Microsoft. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  18. ↑ Gazis, Olivia (2019-07-19). "Iranian cyber activity "spiked" after U.S. withdrawal from nuclear deal, says Microsoft official". Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  19. ↑ Baker, Peter (June 12, 2019). "Trump Says 'I'd Take It' if Russia Again Offered Dirt on Opponent". The New York Times. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Transcript: ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview with President Trump". ABC News. June 16, 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019. STEPHANOPOULOS: Your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if Russia, if China, if someone else offers you information on opponents, should they accept it or should they call the FBI? TRUMP: I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen, I don’t, there’s nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, Norway, “We have information on your opponent.” Oh, I think I’d want to hear it. STEPHANOPOULOS: You want that kind of interference in our elections? TRUMP: It’s not an interference, they have information. I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI. If I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, that they come up with oppo research. Oh, let’s call the FBI. The FBI doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it, but you go and talk honestly to congressmen, they all do it, they always have. And that’s the way it is. It’s called oppo research. STEPHANOPOULOS: Surprising. Thank you. TRUMP: Thank you. Okay. Fine.
  21. ↑ Schmitt, Eric; Sanger, David E.; Haberman, Maggie (2019-04-24). "In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don't Tell Trump". The New York Times.
  22. ↑ Piore, Adam (2019-07-23). "Russia Is Using Cold War Strategy to Undermine the Faith of Americans in the 2020 Election—Will It Work?". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  23. ↑ Croucher, Shane (July 26, 2019). "#MoscowMitch Trends on Twitter as Mitch McConnell Blocks Election Security Bills Despite 'Unprecedented Level' of Russian Interference". Newsweek.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  24. ↑ Martinez, Gabriela (2019-07-26). "How the U.S. is trying to improve election security ahead of 2020". PBS Newshour. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  25. ↑ Dilanian, Ken (2019-06-13). "Hill push to battle foreign election interference is stuck at McConnell roadblock". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-30. In fact, some GOP senators have joined with Democrats to co-sponsor legislation designed to shore up voting machines and make it harder for foreign intelligence operatives to hack, leak and manipulate social media the way the Russians did in 2016. But those bills are going nowhere — because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has not allowed a vote on any of them.
  26. ↑ Laslo, Matt (2019-07-31). "Russia Is Going To Up Its Game For The 2020 Elections". Wired. Retrieved 2019-08-02. Both bills have bipartisan support—Senator Susan Collins became the first Republican to cosponsor the Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act earlier this week.
  27. ↑ Sanger, David E.; Epstein, Reid J.; Wines, Michael (2019-07-26). "States Rush to Make Voting Systems More Secure as New Threats Emerge". The New York Times.
  28. ↑ Sullivan, Kate (2019-07-25). "Dem lawmaker to her party: 'Take action' on impeachment by September or 'shut it down'". CNN. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
    Swasey, Benjamin; Atkins, Kimberley (2019-07-25). "Rep. Clark Backs Impeachment Probe, Putting Pressure On Pelosi". WBUR. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
    Romano, Benjamin (2019-07-29). "All Washington House Democrats now favor Trump impeachment inquiry". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
    Boone, Rolf (2019-07-28). "U.S. Reps Heck, Kilmer, Schreir, and Del Bene announce support of impeachment inquiry". The Olympian. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  29. ↑ Timberg, Craig; Romm, Tony (2019-07-25). "It's not just the Russians anymore as Iranians and others turn up disinformation efforts ahead of 2020 vote". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-07-27.


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