Moscow is able to sow doubt about the true election results.
Russia is unlikely to undertake against the United States of cyberattacks that could affect the outcome of the presidential election on November 8, but may try to sow doubts among the voters about the legitimacy of the results.
“American intelligence agencies do not believe that Russia is able by means of cyber attacks to influence the outcome of the presidential election, but they warn that Moscow may after voting to continue their attempts to intervene with the aim to sow doubt about the true results,” − said the publication.
Also, the paper reports that “authorities responsible for the protection of the country, did not exclude the creation of Russia’s problems on election day”.
In particular, the Ministry of national security say that in recent time the Russian Federation “scans” of the state database and system for voting.
