DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH HAS ORDERED THE PENTAGON TO USE INTELLIGENCE, CYBER OPERATIONS AND ADVANCED AI TO DETECT AND DISRUPT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN UPCOMING U.S. ELECTIONS, WITH THE SEPT. 22 DIRECTIVE TELLING U.S. CYBER COMMAND AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO MONITOR FOREIGN THREATS, COUNTER ELECTION-RELATED CYBERATTACKS AND COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. - AXIOS