Secret US cyber operations shielded 2024 election from foreign trolls, but now the Trump admin has gutted protections
- Posted on January 28, 2026
- By CNN
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Secret US cyber operations shielded 2024 election from foreign trolls, but now the Trump admin has gutted protections

Weeks before the 2024 election, American military hackers carried out a secret operation to disrupt the work of Russian trolls spewing false information at US voters.