Cyberattacks against democratic elections can turn them into “tainted exercises” and eventually rob governments of legitimacy, UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is reportedly set to say in his speech in Glasgow later on Thursday.
Jeremy Hunt will stress that while the United Kingdom had not seen any evidence of successful interference in its elections, its adversaries were still seeking to put UK democracy under pressure using cyberattacks.
Hunt will reportedly specify that apart from examples of “publicly attributed interference,” there are also some cases that have never been revealed.