A series of “foreign opponents”, including Russia, tried to interfere in the last US presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. This is what we read in a declassified report released by the US National Intelligence Directorate. The objective of the interference, it says, was to “denigrate Joe Biden and the Democratic Party” as well as to “support former US President Donald Trump” and “undermine the confidence of the population in the electoral process and exacerbate the socio-political divisions in the States. United “.
“Unlike 2016, we have not witnessed persistent cyber efforts by the Russians to be able to access the electoral infrastructure”, observes the intelligence report relaunched by CNN. Furthermore, “there are no indications that a foreign actor attempted to alter technical aspects of the voting process in the 2020 US election, including voter registration, voting, or reporting of results.”
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In addition to Russia, the intelligence report also talks about the attempt by Iran and China to interfere in the electoral process. “We believe that Iran has waged a covert campaign to jeopardize the re-election of former President Trump, even if this has been done without directly promoting his opponents, undermining public confidence in the electoral process and in US institutions, sowing division and exacerbate social tensions in the United States, “the document states.
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