Sowing Seeds of Doubt

The election results are already in dispute. That is the message championed by the party more in fear of losing, Ray said. The doubt will be pushed further up to Election Day.

“And while domestic and foreign actors alike will try to sow further discord thereafter by spreading falsehoods about the election results, cybercriminals will relish the madness and rampant online arguments hungry for websites and social media feeds with the real answers, ground truths, insider scoops or quick retorts that will defend a stance,” he said. “The higher the temperature of those defending or defaming the election results, the lower their awareness of multitude of attacks awaiting them through phishing emails, fraudulent websites, and all of the well-known forms by which the highly distracted may be exploited online.”