When America goes to the polls on November 8, according to current and former US intelligence officials, it will likely experience the culmination of a new form of information war.A months-long campaign backed by the Russian government to undermine the credibility of the US presidential election — through hacking, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns — is likely to peak on voting day, the officials said. Russian officials deny any such effort.But current and former US officials warn that hackers could post fictional evidence online of widespread voter fraud, slow the Internet to a crawl through cyber attacks and release a …read more
Source: Gulf times
