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The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is concerned that Russia could use Swiss servers as part of campaigns to destabilise western democracies, according to a newspaper report.
This content was published on August 28, 2022 - 12:26 August 28, 2022 - 12:26 SonntagsBlick/swissinfo.ch/dos
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An internal FIS document, seen by the SonntagsBlick, says a direct attempt to influence Swiss parliamentary elections next year is unlikely. However, it is“likely that future Russian cyber-attacks on other western elections could use Swiss-based servers”.
Russian meddling in western electoral processes, a source of concern for years, is not going to abate in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, the report says.“To do this, [Moscow] will continue to use a tailored mix of disinformation, cyber-attacks, the instrumentalisation of individuals, groups and institutions, and probably also new strategies”.
Even if these strategies don't always directly influence the outcome of an election, they can manage to“partially delegitimise democratic processes and thus the 'western' liberal democratic model”, the FIS writes.
The use of Swiss-based servers for such operations would also amount to an undermining of Swiss sovereignty, the secret service says.
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