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The top US intelligence agency has revamped its election security team ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a contest multiple national security leaders have warned could be targeted by foreign adversaries using fast-moving attacks.  Jessica Brandt, who previously held a variety of prominent research roles at Washington think tanks, was appointed the first full-fledged director of the Foreign Malign Influence Center in late 2023.

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A security alert was issued last Friday after a cyber-attack on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).  The electoral watchdog has urged all employees to take the necessary precautions in the wake of the situation.  All ECP staff were ordered not to open emails which could possibly lead to precious data being leaked.  The letter dated 6 July, titled “Cyber Security Alert” and written by the ECP Information Security Specialist who shared a screengrab of an email sent to an ECP official that a