Officials and disinformation experts warn that overstating the threat posed by foreign spies and hackers plays into their narrative that they have the power to sow chaos, and undermines the ability to fashion the most effective and proportionate response. AD“My biggest concern is that we give a foreign adversary more credit than they’re actually due,” said Brig. Gen. Joe Hartman, the election security lead for the military’s U.S. Cyber Command, which is working with the National Security Agency to protect the election from foreign threats. AD“We risk ultimately helping an adversary if we understate the threat or overstate the threat,” said disinformation expert Thomas Rid of Johns Hopkins University. ADADThe hackers worked for the FSB, the Russian security service not the military spy agency, the GRU, which hacked the Democrats in 2016, officials said.

Source: Washington Post October 29, 2020 13:06 UTC