The Council of the European Union in July imposed for the first time restrictive measures against six individuals & three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber attacks.
White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien recently warned U.S. cyber adversaries China, Iran & Russia that intervening in the upcoming U.S. elections will bring "severe consequences."
U.S. State Department offers $10 million reward for information that helps the agency finger anyone working with a foreign government to hack into a federal, state or local election.
Six alleged hackers & three organizations have been banned from entering European Union (EU) states & their assets frozen, in first-ever EU cyber sanctions.
The House approved $500 million in election security funding for states as part of a $1.3 trillion appropriations package for fiscal 2021 ended September 30, 2021.
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