As Tensions Rose, U.S. Intelligence Spotted Election Meddling by China, Russia, Iran
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was reporting over 1,000 fake China-connected Twitter accounts agitating around the election.
There was evidence as well, the intelligence agencies said in classified reports, of Iranian agitation influencing domestic politics.
In March, Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf had decried rumors spreading of a "national shutdown,"
saying the reports were part of a disinformation campaign, stemming possibly from Russia or other malicious cyber actors.
"New reports indicate that China has shifted to use 'Russian-Style' disinformation tactics amid the COVID-19 outbreak," a March 31 report said.
In April, a homeland security classified report said that Russian intelligence services were using COVID to probe the United States.
"Russia's examination of the American public's reaction to disinformation could help improve future campaigns unleashed during a crisis or degraded relations, shaking public confidence in the US government," the report said.
"In preparation for a wartime attack," the report continued,
Russia's Strategic Operation for the Destruction of Critically Important Targets (SODCIT)
"seeks to sap the will to fight from its adversary by, among other things, putting pressure on the population ..."
In April as well, DHS reported that Russia was conducting "malign influence operations" against the 2020 Census.
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USA's foreign adversaries hilariously enjoying themselves as they poison Trash's 74M gullible voters, USA as a huge sitting cyber duck to