Cybersecurity
U.S. Brings Back Cyber Team to Combat Possible Election Meddling
- NSA, Cyber Command part of group keeping an eye on adversaries
- General says physical tampering with vote would cross red line
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The U.S. has reassembled an election security team to safeguard the 2022 midterm vote, with officials citing fears that Russia could seek to conduct new influence operations aiming to undermine democracy.
“The band is already back together, it’s formed,” General Paul Nakasone, who leads the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, told a Vanderbilt University summit on modern conflict this week.