Security News > 2024 > February > Global malicious activity targeting elections is skyrocketing

With more voters than ever in history heading to the polls in 2024, Resecurity has identified a growing trend of malicious cyber-activity targeting sovereign elections globally.

In an era of unprecedented geopolitical volatility, this trend is particularly concerning, as Time Magazine notes that 64 countries are set to hold national elections this year.

Collectively, some two billion eligible voters represented in these races constitute roughly 49% of the global population.

For many of these voters, the results of these elections "Will prove consequential for years to come," according to Time Magazine.

Threat actors aim to sow uncertainty about the integrity of elections via operations that aim to disrupt and manipulate public opinion globally.

Cyberespionage groups, operating under the direction of nation-state actors, are targeting voter PII, plotting to use it as a long-term weapon for electoral interference.

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