US Report: Foreign Actors Using Social Media and Hacking to Potentially Disrupt 2024 Election
• Chinese entities are using deceptive social media accounts to probe US opinion on divisive issues, possibly to gather intel to disrupt the 2024 election.
• China is increasingly using AI to generate misleading content to sway public opinion in the US and Taiwan, though with limited success so far.
• North Korea continues stealing cryptocurrency to fund weapons programs and has used AI to improve cyber operations.
• Russia-linked group Midnight Blizzard breached some Microsoft email accounts.
• A federal report criticized Microsoft over a breach of its systems by Chinese hackers that impacted dozens of organizations.