Russia has been emboldened by its successful intervention in the 2016 election, and nonstate actors, such as WikiLeaks, are a growing threat in the digital space, former director of national intelligence James Clapper said during a ranging public appearance.
At the Gigamon Cybersecurity Summit April 26, Clapper predicted Russia would “no doubt” continue its electoral meddling, lamented the intelligence community’s “broken” security clearance system and expressed reason for concern and optimism in the future.
Clapper said cyber was “part of a multifaceted campaign” conducted by the Russians that “represented the most aggressive such activity we’ve ever seen in their long history of trying to intervene in our election.”
