The Role of State-Sponsored Actors in Election Interference | Grey Noise Blog

Summary: State-sponsored actors backed by nations including Russia, China, and Iran interfere in elections through cyberespionage, disinformation campaigns, and direct attacks on election infrastructure, according to this GreyNoise blog post. The post cites the Justice Department's indictment of two Russian propagandists tied to RT for allegedly laundering and channeling nearly $10 million to a right-leaning media organization, and a suspected Iranian attack on Donald Trump's campaign that may have stolen internal documents, which the FBI is investigating alongside attempted infiltration of Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
Why it matters: Nearly $10 million allegedly moved through RT-linked propagandists to a media organization, and a suspected Iranian operation may have taken internal campaign documents - the interference is being funded and executed at a scale that campaign security budgets rarely match.

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