Officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have reiterated the robustness of U.S. election systems against cybersecurity threats despite an increase in low-level distributed denial-of-service attacks and disinformation campaigns ahead of Tuesday's polls, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
CISA Director Jen Easterly emphasized the lack of evidence suggesting that the results of the presidential election would be affected by any malicious activity, including intrusions from Chinese state-backed threat operation Salt Typhoon. "...I can say with great confidence that our election infrastructure has never been more secure, and that the election community has never been better prepared to deliver safe, secure, free and fair elections," said Easterly. Domestic extremist groups are also not expected to launch cyberattacks against election systems, according to CISA Senior Advisor and Election Lead Cait Conley. Such statements follow alerts from the FBI, CISA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence attributing election disinformation videos to Russian threat operations.
