WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National security professionals from across the U.S. government will meet on Tuesday in a Northern Virginia office building for an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation aimed at Super Tuesday presidential primaries.
A man submits his mail-in ballot into a ballot box in the California Presidential Primary ahead of Super Tuesday at an early voting site at The California Museum in Sacramento, California, U.S., March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar
Since U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election – allegations Moscow denies – the U.S. government has introduced measures to combat hacking and foreign propaganda activities designed to affect the vote. Election security experts say that while the government has made improvements, many vulnerabilities still exist.
On Tuesday, representatives from the Homeland Security Department, FBI, National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command…
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