U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television
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U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television

The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.
F.B.I. Resumes Communication with Facebook, X and Others On Foreign Disinformation
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F.B.I. Resumes Communication with Facebook, X and Others On Foreign Disinformation

The Justice Department set new guidelines for agents to share tips with Facebook, X and other platforms after a legal challenge prompted a suspension of that communication.
After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?
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After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?

With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.
U.S. and Allies Target Russian Bots Working to Spread Propaganda
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U.S. and Allies Target Russian Bots Working to Spread Propaganda

Intelligence officials from three countries flagged a Russian influence campaign that used artificial intelligence to create nearly 1,000 fake accounts on the social media platform X.