threats are out there for them to face. and of course, this is so important, because a campaign, especially when we have so many of them, they are the ultimate startup, come in and extremely vulnerable and giving them basic tip, i.t. help as well, to know what kind of practices are best used to avoid these kind of attacks. let s talk also about the preparedness of the dnc here in general, also intelligence offices, and are they better prepared for the 2020 election versus 2016? well, there s so much more that they know about the threats that are out there than what was known four years ago. i think just the general awareness of campaign staff itself is so important. but we will also learned, as we talked to these officials that, the threat continues to evolve. last campaign, we were talking primarily about the kind of phishing tactics trying to hack into your accounts and now we learned that campaigns are being warned about things like voice manipulation, deep fakes, learning about
reporter: tonight new concerns that vladimir putin s notorious hacking team could be trying to influence another election. a french official tells cnn the french government is concerned about the russian involvement in their upcoming presidential election and monitoring for possible cyber attacks. putin s attackers may worry about phishing tactics just as hillary clinton s campaign. the politicians and that of their spouses, friends, lovers, i would think they would be very rich targets for people brought up in the kgb system. reporter: fabricated news reports or special postings that might influence voters s minds. france s defense minister recently said no, one must not