Cybersecurity firm Mandiant reports that foreign powers including Russia, China, and Iran conducted operations to influence the 2022 midterm elections in the United States. The operations Mandiant identified were “limited to moderate in scale.” The firm spotted efforts to “troll” researchers and defenders, possibly in an attempt to appear to have influenced the elections while expending limited resources. Mandiant also discovered efforts to exploit controversial issues and existing political divisions. Information security expert Matt Tait has a Mastodon thread with his reactions.