Singapore warns political parties of cybersecurity threats, election interference

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-issues-advisories-warning-political-parties-of-cybersecurity-threats-election-interference/

By Eileen Yu
By The Way
ZDNet April 20, 2020

With general elections expected to be held within a year, Singapore's political 
parties have been issued advisories about the threat of foreign interference 
and cybersecurity threats. They are urged to seek out precautionary measures to 
safeguard their ICT infrastructure, data, as well as online accounts.

The city-state's Ministry of Home Affairs, Cyber Security Agency, and Elections 
Department on Monday said there had been many reports of foreign interference 
over the past few years in elections overseas, including the French 
presidential and German federal elections in 2017 as well as the US mid-term 
and Italian general elections in 2018. These were attempts by foreign actors 
such as other countries, agencies, and individuals to assert influence over 
elections in a sovereign state, said the Singapore government agencies.

"Singapore is not immune and we need to guard against such nefarious activity 
as we head towards our own General Election, which must be held by April 2021," 
they said.

They added that its advisory outlined details on some of the methods used by 
foreign actors to interfere in elections and the measures that political 
parties here could take to mitigate the risk of becoming vectors or targets. 
These included potential cyber threats and best practices they and election 
candidates could take to manage such risks.

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