8. State-sponsored cyber criminals will continue to influence/interrupt/disrupt national elections in the USA and UK

Both the USA and the UK will have general elections in 2024. Politics in both countries have been badly affected by international (mainly Russian) interference in the past; I believe that the UK’s decision to leave the EU for instance would not have been taken were it not for the billion or so Facebook adverts delivered in the last months and weeks of campaigning. While politicians of all parties now understand how to weaponize Social Media, they are still relatively naïve in trying to prevent it from distorting democratic decisions. I expect that cyber criminals in countries such as Russia and China will attempt and maybe succeed to influence 2024 poles in many countries.

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