Russians wouldn't be themselves if they didn't try to harm Americans in some way.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reported that fake bomb threats had briefly disrupted voting at two polling stations. The threatening phone calls came from Russia.
CNN reports this.
“We have heard some threats that are Russian in origin. In the interest of public safety, we always check that, and we will just continue to be very responsible when we hear about things like that,” he said.
Meanwhile, a video from Arizona has circulated online containing false claims of election fraud. The FBI has warned that the video was created by Russians and is linked to a Russian “troll factory.”
“Russian influence actors created and distributed a recent video that falsely purported to be an interview with someone who claimed the Arizona election was rigged… in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris,” the FBI said in a statement, CNN reports.
The second video contains a fabricated FBI press release claiming that “five prisons in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona rigged inmate votes and colluded with a political party,” The Guardian reports.
“Attempts to mislead the public with false content are intended to undermine our democratic process and undermine trust in electoral system,” the FBI emphasized.
And Kate Conley, senior adviser to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the government agency responsible for overseeing election security, assured that there are no known cases of large-scale foreign interference in the election, AP reports.
“We are not currently tracking any significant national-level incidents that impact the security of our election infrastructure,” Conley assured.
Conley said that CISA, the FBI, and intelligence agencies anticipated that foreign actors would try to influence the election later today and in the coming weeks.
Recall that voting for the next president began on Tuesday, November 5 United States of America. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are vying for the position.
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