The nation’s cyber-defense agency said Monday there is no way a technical hack could change the final outcome of the presidential race, but Americans are facing a “fire hose” of disinformation leading into Election Day.
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said there’s been an “unprecedented amount” of false information this election cycle, including content peddled by foreign adversaries aimed at undermining American democracy and pitting citizens against each other.
“We cannot allow our foreign adversaries to have a vote in our democracy,” Easterly told reporters on a media call.
