Security News > 2024 > March > Ahead of Super Tuesday, US elections face existential and homegrown threats

Feature Two US intelligence bigwigs last week issued stark warnings about foreign threats to American election integrity and security - and the nation's ability to counter these adversaries.

A few days earlier, US senator Mark Warner, who chairs the Senate's Intelligence Committee, told Trellix CEO Bryan Palma that the United States is less prepared to combat foreign intervention in the 2024 elections than was the case in 2020.

There seems to be a common fear among election security experts that The Register spoke with for this story: misinformation, coupled with AI-based threats including deepfake videos and robocalls, poses the biggest risk in 2024.

"Groups are actively engaged in sowing seeds of doubt about the validity and fairness of US elections, the way in which elections are administered, and whether the outcome of the presidential election can be trusted."

CrowdStrike, in its Global Threat Report, noted two potential threats at the "Forefront" of 2024: generative AI and this year's global government elections.

On GitHub alone there are more than 3,000 repositories related to deepfake technology, and Telegram hosts between 400 and 500 channels and groups offering deepfake services, according to a Check Point report on deepfake threats to US elections.

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