Cybersecurity
U.S. Says It Will Alert Public to Foreign Influence Operations
- Rod Rosenstein says ‘information warfare’ threatens U.S.
- Deputy attorney general speaks as new report is published
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
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The U.S. Justice Department is considering ways to alert the public to foreign efforts to influence Americans and U.S. elections as the threat from adversaries such as Russia “continues to grow," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said.
"Influence operations are a form of information warfare," Rosenstein said during a speech Thursday at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. "Covert propaganda and disinformation are among the primary weapons."