Election interference

The World

We’re just days away from the U-S midterm elections. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure agency says there’s currently no threat to the election itself. But that doesn’t mean no one has tried to meddle with American voters. Both Chinese and Iranian state-affiliated hacking groups have been caught in the act. Host Carol Hills speaks with Ben Reed, director of cyber espionage analysis for Mandiant, a private cybersecurity and intelligence firm that uncovered the attempts at interference.

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