Cyberattackers Unleash Flood of Potentially Disruptive Election-Related Activity

FortiGuard Labs' analysis (Jan–Aug 2024) warns of a surge in election-focused cyber activity—affordable phishing kits impersonating candidates, over 1,000 newly registered election-themed malicious domains hosted via major providers, 1.3+ billion rows of US citizen credential combo lists on the Dark Web, prolific disinformation using deepfake voice scams, and a 28% year-over-year rise in ransomware against US government leak sites—urging heightened vigilance and standard cybersecurity controls to protect election integrity.