The Cyber Express
2024 Is The Year of Elections… And Disinformation
By Roman Faithfull, Cyber Intelligence Lead, Cyjax 2024 will see more elections than any other year in history: the UK,
The Record
EU sets rules for Big Tech to tackle interference in European Parliament elections
The guidelines under the Digital Services Act apply to the very largest platforms and search engines, which are being asked to help fight foreign information manipulation.
Infosecurity News
Justice Secretary in Deepfake General Election Warning
Justice secretary Robert Buckland has warned that deepfakes could be used to spread election disinformation
The Record
Tom Tugendhat criticizes fake AI attempts to ‘besmirch’ Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan
Tom Tugendhat, Britain’s minister of state for security — and a Conservative Party politician — decried on Tuesday AI-generated fake audio clips that intended to damage the reputations of high-profile opposition politicians in the United Kingdom.
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Cyber incident reports hit ‘all-time high,’ warns UK NCSC
The National Cyber Security Centre said that it received 2,005 voluntary reports over the past year, a 64% increase on last year’s figures. Nearly 400 of those were so serious that the agency's incident management team had to triage the response.
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UK opposition leader targeted by AI-generated fake audio smear
Private sector analysts said an audio clip of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer was likely a deepfake. British government officials urged the public to ignore it.