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Law enforcement authorities are on alert for threats against critical U.S. infrastructure as the November general election approaches, BNN Bloomberg reported.
One senior U.S. official told the Canadian news outlet that threats against infrastructure, such as the nation’s power grid, are becoming more acute with the election little more than two months away.
Kristofer Goldsmith, founder of the nonprofit Task Force Butler Institute, told BNN Bloomberg that strategic blackouts could affect voting locations or impact the certification of elections.
“Something like a grid attack before, during or after an election could sow an unbelievable amount of political chaos,” Goldsmith said.
A May Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll found that half of swing state voters expect violence around the election.
Politico’s E&E news reported in April that rising incidents of domestic terrorism and a surge in state-sponsored cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are posing a heightened risk to the U.S. power system and are likely to climb as the U.S. election season ramps up.
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