UK embroiled in info war against 'malign nations'

BRITAIN is on the front line of a new information war as hostile states deploy disinformation, interference and cyber threats, the Foreign Secretary will warn today.

- BY LIZZY BUCHAN

Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper will sound the alarm over malign actors flooding social media with doctored videos to undermine support for Ukraine, as well as meddling in elections elsewhere.

Advances in technology have allowed hackers and disrupters to work for hostile regimes amid an escalation in hybrid threats, she will say.