The warning to American adversaries came as top U.S. intelligence and homeland security officials raised alarms about potential efforts to influence the 2018 and 2020 elections.
Wray told reporters that compared to 2016, in 2018, "We are not yet seeing the same kind of efforts to specifically target election infrastructure," but that other efforts to influence public opinion continue.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both parties have pushed election security toward the top of the coming fall agenda amid heightened concerns about interference by Russians and others ahead of the midterm elections.
Beyond Russian interference with social media campaigns to influence voters, lawmakers are increasingly looking at how to bolster election infrastructure in the states - even though Congress shot down a recent effort to boost federal funding for local and state systems.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee who has criticized Trump for not taking a stronger leadership role on election security, said he was heartened by the White House news conference.
"Glad to see the White House finally do something about election security - even if it's only a press conference," Warner tweeted.
The Senate is working on a bipartisan package backed by GOP leaders that would boost federal assistance to state and local election officials with cybersecurity guidelines, data sharing and security clearances.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-officials-raise-alarm-2018-2020-election-security-173404091--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
Wray told reporters that compared to 2016, in 2018, "We are not yet seeing the same kind of efforts to specifically target election infrastructure," but that other efforts to influence public opinion continue.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both parties have pushed election security toward the top of the coming fall agenda amid heightened concerns about interference by Russians and others ahead of the midterm elections.
Beyond Russian interference with social media campaigns to influence voters, lawmakers are increasingly looking at how to bolster election infrastructure in the states - even though Congress shot down a recent effort to boost federal funding for local and state systems.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee who has criticized Trump for not taking a stronger leadership role on election security, said he was heartened by the White House news conference.
"Glad to see the White House finally do something about election security - even if it's only a press conference," Warner tweeted.
The Senate is working on a bipartisan package backed by GOP leaders that would boost federal assistance to state and local election officials with cybersecurity guidelines, data sharing and security clearances.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-officials-raise-alarm-2018-2020-election-security-173404091--politics.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
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