WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI on Tuesday warned Americans about two new fake videos falsely citing terrorist threats and election fraud, the latest in a series of misinformation that officials say will intensify as Voters will go to the polls on election day.

A fabricated video claiming to be from the federal law enforcement agency falsely discussed a high terrorist threat and urged Americans to “vote remotely,” while another video includes a fake press release claiming to be from of the agency and claiming rigged voting among inmates at five prisons. .

Both are “not authentic,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. “Attempts to mislead the public with false content about threat assessments and FBI activities aim to undermine our democratic process and erode confidence in the election system.”

Federal, state and local officials warned Americans against attempts to undermine the election with false information and urged American voters to seek credible information from trusted sources.

As of 11 a.m. US Eastern Time (2 p.m. GMT), there was little evidence of an actual or widespread disruption.

Cait Conley, a senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said during a press briefing Tuesday that CISA is not currently tracking any domestic incidents impacting the security of U.S. election infrastructure, although it warned that foreign actors could try to make people believe otherwise. .

“As we have said repeatedly, we may see more of this activity today and in the coming weeks, with a particular focus on influence narratives impacting swing states,” said Conley.

On Monday, U.S. intelligence agencies said they expected foreign influence operations to “intensify on Election Day and in the weeks ahead,” particularly in the seven states of the battleground of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Yet the director of the US cybersecurity agency, Jen Easterly, said her department had seen no evidence of any activity that could have a direct impact on the outcome of Tuesday’s election.

US intelligence services last week accused Russia of releasing a fake video showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times in the US state of Georgia. Over the weekend, the FBI warned of several more fake videos.

Russia systematically denies any interference in American politics.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey, Raphael Satter, James Pearson and AJ Vicens; editing by Andrea Ricci and Alistair Bell)