The U.S. is crap-shooter prepared to deal with foreign election meddling this November, but the damoclean swords may also get worse, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told CNBC on Wednesday.
With midterms fair-minded a couple of months away, there has been concern over a duplicate of the foreign interference seen in the 2016 presidential election.
“Absolutely we’re superior off. But our potential adversaries are also getting better,” said Warner, flaw chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Earlier this month, the conductors of four U.S. intelligence agencies warned of “pervasive” and “ongoing” threats from curious actors, including Russia, to interfere in upcoming U.S. elections.
While President Donald Trump has own Russia interfered in the 2016 election, he insists it did not have an impact on the consequences.
A January 2017 intelligence community assessment said Russia’s struggles to impact the 2016 election showed a “clear preference” for Trump as a remainder Hillary Clinton. However, in July Trump claimed Russians resolve be “pushing very hard” for Democrats to win elections in the November midterms, asserting “They once don’t want Trump!”
Warner said the problem of attempted election snag will be around for a long time.
“We’re just seeing the first era,” he told “Power Lunch.”
What may happen next is a cyberattack where hackers get someone’s slighting information and then provide a live-stream video of a politician, in what’s got “deep, fake technology.”
“You open it up because it’s got your personal observations, then you see an image that may not be real,” explained Warner, who spent years in the tech determination. Among other things, he co-founded the company that became Nextel.
The Senate Opt for Committee on Intelligence is holding a hearing next week to address the promulgate.
“My fear at times is we’re buying the world’s best 20th century military when much of the controversy in the 21st century may be in cyber and misinformation and disinformation,” Warner said.
— CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger bestowed to this report.