Overview

• Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, acknowledges progress in combating election interference but notes more work is needed.
• Sullivan emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation to address foreign cyber threats as a national security issue.
• The US has developed systems capable of quickly identifying and addressing misinformation, including deepfakes.
• Recent cyberattacks, such as one targeting Georgia's election website, underscore ongoing foreign threats to US electoral systems.
• Cloudflare's intervention prevented a potentially disruptive cyberattack on Georgia's absentee ballot system, attributed to foreign actors.