FBI briefing 2020 campaigns on possible counterintelligence threats

Published May 16, 2019 1:12am ET



The FBI has offered to brief 2020 presidential campaigns on possible counterintelligence threats in response to cybersecurity attacks and attempted infiltration by Russian nationals during the 2016 election.

The Democratic National Committee, which had emails hacked and released during the last presidential election, has scheduled training with a former intelligence officer who will brief the campaigns on how foreign adversaries target Americans and prevention and detection methods, according to CNN.

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