U.S. Election Security Chief Warns of Threats During Slow Vote-Counting
- The days following U.S. vote may be ripe for attacks: Evanina
- Russia, China and Iran are at top of list of likely hackers
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U.S. national security officials don’t believe the outcome of the presidential election will be determined right away, giving foreign adversaries like Russia more time to interfere and sow doubt about the outcome, America’s top election security official warned.
William Evanina, director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said Wednesday that the country is in for a “rocky” several weeks before the Nov. 3 vote. Yet he said his biggest concern is the likely influence campaigns expected after the election, when the race may be deadlocked and results trickle in due to mail-in ballots.