Security News > 2024 > March > Kremlin accuses America of plotting cyberattack on Russian voting systems
The Kremlin has accused the United States of meddling in Russia's upcoming presidential election, and even accused Uncle Sam of planning a cyberattack on the country's online voting system.
Putin, who controls the SVR and the election process, will undoubtedly win the vote.
The Russian foreign intelligence service's claims also come about a week after the Kremlin pinky-swore it wouldn't meddle in the US presidential election in November, and dismissed American claims that it did try to sway the outcome in 2016 and 2020.
"We never interfered in elections in the United States," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The US has repeatedly accused Russia of trying to undermine and muck around with both, even indicting Russian troll farm the Internet Research Agency for alleged 2016 election interference [PDF].
"We do not have any specific or credible threat to today's election operations," a senior CISA official said on Super Tuesday, March 5, as 15 US states and one territory voted in their respective primary elections.
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