The war against Ukraine did not weaken the Kremlin's desire to intervene in the US elections - the special service of America
At the New York Conference, the director of the National Security Agency Paul Nakasone, said the audience that Russia retains its ability to interfere with the presidential elections in the United States, despite the difficulties caused by a long war against Ukraine. "This is an important year for them. They look at this [US election], and I assume that, given the challenge they have in Ukraine, it is obviously what they want to influence," Nakasone said.
In addition, the director of the FBI Chris Ray was present there. "In any case, it can be argued that their attention to Ukraine has increased the desire to focus on trying to form how we (the US) look and how we think about problems, since US policy is deep Ukraine, "Ray said. The previously high -ranking representative of the US Ministry of Justice on Cybersecurity, Sean Newiell, expressed the opinion that the focus of Russian special services on events in Ukraine benefits the United States.
"All [Russian] special services that we are checking every day for activities against the United States are now paying time and attention to Ukraine for obvious reasons," Newelle said. However, according to him, Russian intelligence continues to investigate the ability to influence the US support for Ukraine. Ray and Nakasone called Russia, China and Iran the main players who seek to intervene in the US election.
According to the FBI Director, China's "Hacker Army" is larger than that of all major countries combined, and 50 times larger than the one that is at his disposal. Nakasone agreed that the US would never be equal to China by the number of hackers, but added that the states have a qualitative advantage. We will remind, the white house representative John Kirby said on December 8 that Ukraine has to make a decision on possible negotiations with Russia without pressure from the United States.