Former Facebook security chief warns 'it's too late to protect 2018 elections'

Former Facebook security chief warns 'it's too late to protect 2018 elections'

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https://www.cnet.com/news/former-facebook-security-chief-warns-its-too-late-to-protect-2018-elections/

Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos has issued a sobering warning about the continuing threat of foreign interference in US elections, saying it's "too late to protect the 2018 elections." But he believes the 2020 election can still be saved.

Stamos, who departed Facebook for Stanford University earlier this month, is well acquainted with the subject, having played a central role in Facebook's response to interference by Russian trolls in the 2016 US presidential election that took place on the social media giant. In a blog post published Wednesday on Lawfare, Stamos seizes on two pieces of news he says proves that "America's adversaries believe that it is still both safe and effective to attack U.S. democracy using American technologies and the freedoms we cherish."