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FBI director warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare'

By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI
Director Chris Wray said
Wednesday that Russia is
engaged in "information
warfare" heading into the
2020 presidential election,
though he said law en-
forcement has not seen
ongoing efforts by Russia
to target America's elec-
tion infrastructure.
Wray told the House Judi-
ciary Committee that Rus-
sia, just as it did in 2016, is
relying on a covert social
media campaign aimed
at dividing American pub-
lic opinion and sowing
discord. That effort, which
involves fictional personas,
bots, social media postings
and disinformation, may
have an election-year up-
tick but is also a round-the-
clock threat that is in some
ways harder to combat
than an election system
hack, Wray said. FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in as he testifies during an oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol
Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 in Washington.
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