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Hacking the UK general election

Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 By Davey Winder

How likely is it that the UK General Election could actually be hacked, but by whom and using what methodology?

With the UK General Election now officially underway in the UK, after Parliament was dissolved on Wednesday, the campaigning starts in earnest. With allegations and investigations into possible foreign state interference in the recent US Presidential election among others, SC Media UK has been pondering how easy it might be to hack the UK General Election?

Let’s start with the obvious question then. If a foreign actor (or indeed a domestic one for that matter) wanted to influence the outcome of the UK general election, how doable would that be and what methods might be applied?

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