{"id":104294,"date":"2018-07-15T18:23:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/15\/intel-official-cyber-threat-warnings-blinking-red\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:13:20","slug":"intel-official-cyber-threat-warnings-blinking-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/15\/intel-official-cyber-threat-warnings-blinking-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel official: Cyber threat warnings \u2018blinking red\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Warning lights about cyber threats to U.S. national security are \u201cblinking red\u201d and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/05\/23\/hands-off-us-election-ex-cia-director-says-he-warned-russia\/\" target=_blank>digital attempts to undermine America<\/a> are occurring daily, not just at election time, the nation\u2019s top intelligence official said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor, but cyber threats also are coming from China, Iran and North Korea as well as criminal networks and individual hackers, said National Intelligence Director Dan Coats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Targets include U.S. businesses, the federal government, the military, state and local governments, academic and financial institutions and critical infrastructure, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, in coordination with international partners, have detected Russian government actors targeting government and businesses in the energy, nuclear, water, aviation and critical manufacturing sectors,&#8221; Coats said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/02\/13\/the-united-states-is-under-attack-russia-likely-to-hit-midterms\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-484550335.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018The United States is under attack.\u2019 Russia likely to hit midterms<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said the U.S. is \u201cunder attack\u201d in cyberspace and that Russia would step up its election meddling in 2018, spurring lawmakers to vent fears the U.S. is falling behind its adversaries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He compared the cyber threat today with how U.S. officials said before 9\/11 that intelligence channels were &#8220;blinking red&#8221; with warning signs that a terror attack was imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Here we are nearly two decades later and I&#8217;m here to say the warning lights are blinking red again,&#8221; Coats said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coats spoke at Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/13\/dems-to-trump-cancel-putin-meeting-over-hacking-indictments\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Justice Department indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers<\/a> accused of hacking into Democratic email accounts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and releasing stolen information in the months before Americans headed to the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin responded to the indictment by repeating its denial that the Russian state interfered in the U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/09\/new-cyber-weapons-are-here-and-no-one-is-prepared-experts-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cyber-ops.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New cyber weapons are here and no one is prepared, experts say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The experts say government, military and industry are not prepared for current or future cyber threats and must do more to deter bad actors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coats said that despite public statements by the Kremlin to the contrary, U.S. intelligence officials continue to see individuals affiliated with the Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, creating new social media accounts masqueraded as those of Americans. He said the IRA, a so-called internet troll farm, then uses the fake accounts to drive attention to divisive issues in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are seeing aggressive attempts to manipulate social media and to spread propaganda focused on hot-button issues that are intended to exacerbate socio-political divisions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coats said the U.S. is not yet seeing the kind of electoral interference in specific states and voter databases that occurred in 2016. &#8220;However, we fully realize that we are just one click on a keyboard away from a similar situation repeating itself,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/06\/08\/us-intelligence-chiefs-decline-to-discuss-trump-contacts\/\" target=_blank>possible election-related attacks<\/a>, including during the November midterms, misses an important point. He warned of the potential for a crippling cyberattack against critical U.S. infrastructure \u2014 a power outage in New England in January or a cyber attack on banks that wipes out people\u2019s life savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese actions are persistent. 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