SECSEC-004 — Infrastructure Security Gaps
Algorithmic Systems Used as Political Weapons and Disinformation Tools
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Automated AI systems enable computational propaganda, vote manipulation, and surveillant targeting that destabilise democratic governance and erode human rights. Defence sector organisations face regulatory and reputational exposure where such tools intersect with weapons deployment or state-sponsored disinformation operations.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Sociotechnical Harms of Algorithmic Systems: Scoping a Taxonomy for Harm Reduction (Shelby2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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