Cyber breaches increasing: The growing frequency of politically-motivated online attacks has left governments and pro-democracy groups scrambling for ways to thwart hackers and the rising tide of "fake" news.
FRANKFURT/AMSTERDAM: Google and sister company Jigsaw are joining forces to defend election organisers and civic groups against cyber attacks free of charge as the broader tech industry seeks to fend off criticism that it is not doing enough to stop online efforts to distort elections.
The growing frequency of politically-motivated online attacks -- from the recent hacking of Twitter accounts by Turkish nationalists to the US Democratic Party's email breach – has left governments and pro-democracy groups scrambling for ways to thwart hackers and the rising tide of "fake" news.
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