China, Russia and Iran will “very likely” use artificial intelligence to try and disrupt Canada’s next federal election, a new assessment from the Communications Security Establishment Canada says, but are unlikely to undermine the overall integrity of the vote.

The annual report on cyber threats to Canadian democracy, released Thursday, said cybercriminals linked to those countries will most likely use generative AI tools and methods like deepfakes to spread disinformation “designed to sow division among Canadians and push narratives conducive to the interests of foreign states.”

Canadian politicians and political parties will likely be targeted with phishing scams and hack-and-leak operations to further sow discord, the report said.

“We assess that the PRC, Russia, and Iran will very likely use AI-enabled tools to attempt to interfere with Canada’s democratic process before and during the 2025 election,” the report from the CSE and its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security says, using the acronym for the People’s Republic of China.

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  • Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world
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    Elon did with the last election. What kind of bullshit article is this.

    They seriously treat us like we’re deaf, blind and dumb.

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    Spy organization tells you to be afraid of countries that do virtually nothing against you, ever, providing no evidence of even the meaningful scope of the allegations. Spy organization does not say to be afraid of the country that regularly dictates your foreign policy.

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    They already are. Look at the comment section of anything remotely political.

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    As it is tradition from Moscovia. Yuri Bezmenov in 1983 told us all we need to know.

    but there are no news that it’s mainly propaganda

    subversion always a destructive

    aggressive activity aimed to destroy the

    country Nation or geographical area of

    your enemy the highest art of warfare is

    not to fight at all but to subvert

    anything of value in the country of your

    enemy until such time that the

    perception of reality of your enemy is

    screwed up to such an extent that it

    does not perceive you as an enemy and

    that your system your civilization and

    your Ambitions look to the your enemy as

    an alternative

    That is the current state of the US.

    United States is a receptive Target of

    subversion the ultimate purpose the

    final stage of subversion simply take

    your enemy without a single shot being

    fired this is basically what subversion

    is it consists of four periods the first

    stage of subversion is the process which

    is called demoralization it takes from

    say 15 to 20 years to demoralize a

    society by 15 or 20 years this is the

    time sufficient to educate one

    generation influencing the Outlook

    ideology personality by various methods

    infiltration propaganda methods direct

    contacts doesn’t really matter various

    areas where public opinion is formulated

    or shaped

    religion

    educational system

    social life

    Administration

    law enforcement system military and

    labor and employer relations

    what happens here

    the target country if it’s a free

    Democratic Society there are many

    different movements within the society

    in every society there are people who

    are against this Society they may be

    simple criminals ideologically in

    disagreement with the with the state

    policy conscientious enemies simply

    psychotic personalities who are against

    anything right and finally they’re a

    small group of Agents of a foreign

    Nation but

    subverted

    recruited in case of religion destroyed

    ridicule it

    replace it with various sex Cults which

    bring people’s attention as long as they

    basically accepted religious Dogma is

    being slowly eroded and taken away from

    the Supreme purpose of religion to keep

    people in touch with with the Supreme

    Being that serves the purpose education

    distract them from learning something