State-sponsored hackers aligned with Russia may attempt to influence the outcome of next year’s general election in Germany by spreading misinformation and hacking government emails, the head of the country’s Federal Intelligence Service has claimed. Bruno Kahl, president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), warned that hackers will try and undermine the democratic process by using cyberattacks to “elicit political uncertainty.” He told Süddeutsche Zeitung that pressure on public discourse and democracy is “unacceptable.”
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times