Security News > 2020 > August > US election 2020: The disinfo operations have evolved, but so have state governments

With the United States set to undertake its first Presidential election since the Russian-tinged 2016 race, state governments and social networks are upping their game.

This from the team at Cisco Talos, which cautioned in a new report that while governments and sites are better prepared for disinformation campaigns, the way hostile nation states go about their business has also evolved.

These firms, it is said, operate as digital marketing firms for the most part, but will also use their expertise on behalf of governments that want them to sway public opinion in an election.

This is not good news for the US in an election where both China and Russia are expected to use dirty tricks in hopes of swaying US public opinion their way.

In the end, it will come down to whether the newly evolved protections in place are enough to withstand the more focused tactics of hostile countries and their private-sector mercenary manipulators.

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