of the current administrations covid19 response closure of chinas houston consulate and actions on other issues the statement saidthe top foreign policy adviser of chinas ruling communist party yang jiechi said friday that china has no interest in meddling in us domestic politicson iran the assessment said tehran seeks to undermine us democratic institutions as well as trump and divide america before the electionirans efforts along these lines probably will focus on online influence such as spreading disinformation on social media and recirculating antius content evanina wrote tehrans motivation to conduct such activities is in part driven by a perception that president trumps reelection would result in a continuation of us pressure on iran in an effort to foment regime changeduring a panel discussion later friday at the def con hacker convention federal cybersecurity officials were asked which foreign threat they considered most seriousi dont think i would say one is scarier than the other per se certainly some of these adversaries are at little bit more experienced said the national security agencys election lead david imbordinoi couldnt agree more said cynthia kaiser the fbis deputy chief of analysis for national cyber threats if if you ask me what the biggest threat is its the kind of constant drumbeat or influence campaigns that are going to make people feel like they are less confident in our elections system