英国政府はロシアが2019年の総選挙に違法に取得した政府文書を通じて妨害しようとしたと結論付けた

こんにちは、丸山満彦です。

英国の外務大臣であるDominic Raabが、ロシアが2019年の総選挙に違法に取得した政府文書を通じて妨害しようとしたと上院と下院で証言していますね。。。

● 英国議会-下院
・2020.07.16 Cyber Security: Update:Written statement - HCWS384

On the basis of extensive analysis, the Government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General Election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked Government documents.

Sensitive Government documents relating to the UK-US Free Trade Agreement were illicitly acquired before the 2019 General Election and disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit. When these gained no traction, further attempts were made to promote the illicitly acquired material online in the run up to the General Election.

Whilst there is no evidence of a broad spectrum Russian campaign against the General Election, any attempt to interfere in our democratic processes is completely unacceptable. It is, and will always be, an absolute priority to protect our democracy and elections.

● 英国議会-上院
・2020.07.16 Cyber Security: Update:Written statement - HLWS376

■ 報道等

● BBC
・2020.07.16 'Almost certain' Russians sought to interfere in 2019 UK election - Raab

Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the 2019 UK general election through illicitly acquired documents, the government has said.

● Cyberscoop
・2020.07.16 UK 'almost certain' that 2019 election was target of Russian disinformation operation by Jeff Stone

British officials expressed confidence that Russian operatives tried to interfere in the U.K.’s most recent general election by using social media to promote documents that were stolen and leaked from the government.

● Evening Sstandard
・2020.07.16 Russian 'actors' sought to interfere in UK general election, says Dominic Raab

● The New Europians
・2020.07.16 Dominic Raab accused of ‘distracting’ from Russia report with claims about Brexit papers by Jonathon Read

● Politico

・2020.07.16 Dominic Raab: Russians tried to interfere in UK general election by LAURENZ GEHRKE AND LAURENS CERULUS

An ongoing criminal investigation is looking into how the documents were stolen.