U.S. officials warn that Russia will continue to pose an 'active threat' in influencing the 2024 election, with a likely focus on swing states.

Russian actors are planning to carry out more influence operations before the upcoming election on Tuesday, according to a warning from American intelligence officials.

On Monday evening, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published the latest update on its website, detailing the latest intelligence findings on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Officials reported that they observed Russian actors producing and spreading a false video depicting people voting illegally and a video accusing a politician of accepting a bribe. Following this, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) has detected Russia and other foreign adversaries engaging in additional influence operations aimed at eroding public trust in the fairness of U.S. elections and exacerbating divisions among Americans.

The IC anticipates that these activities will increase until Election Day and in the following weeks, and that foreign influence narratives will concentrate on swing states.

The ODNI stated that Russia poses the greatest threat to the election among all foreign adversaries.

"The ODNI stated that actors linked to Russia are producing videos and articles to discredit the election, instill fear in voters about the election process, and imply that Americans are resorting to violence against one another due to political differences, based on available intelligence. These actions pose a risk of inciting violence, including against election officials."

"It is expected that Russian actors will produce more fabricated content related to these themes until election day and beyond the closing of polls."

Recently, Russian actors fabricated an article stating that swing state officials were involved in a plot to commit election fraud, and also produced a video that deceptively portrayed an interview with someone accusing election fraud in Arizona.

Officials suspect that Iranian actors may be spreading false information and interfering with the election, as they have done in the past, with the intention of creating fake media content to suppress voting or incite violence.

Anyone who witnesses suspicious or illegal activity should contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. Reports of cyber incidents affecting election infrastructure should be directed to CISA via the number 1-844-SAY-CISA.

In the upcoming election on Nov. 5, Vice President Harris and former President Trump are expected to face off in a toss-up race. Swing states across the country are taking precautions against fake ballots.

At least 17% of the 2,500 suspicious registration and mail-in ballot applications found by the chair of a Pennsylvania county election board on Monday were fraudulent.