U.S. Presidential Debate Eve: Survey Reveals Bipartisan Voter Confidence Concerns Over AI's Threat to 2024 Election
26 Junio 2024 - 12:04PM
Business Wire
According to recent data from Yubico and Defending Digital
Campaigns, 42% Democrats and 49% Republicans believe AI will have a
negative effect on the outcome of this year's elections
With the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 election
season taking place this Thursday, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
will likely be a hot topic. Recently, Yubico, the leading provider
of hardware authentication security keys, published a survey with
Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC) that showcases the impact of AI
and the concerns voters have about the cybersecurity of political
campaigns. Although political parties may not be aligned on all
matters, the new research finds that they do agree on one thing
when it comes to cybersecurity: AI will have a negative effect
on the outcome of this year’s election.
**For infographics, social images and full
results of this survey, please see here. B-roll available upon
request.**
Why: With the election season upon us, the threat of
AI-generated content being used to impersonate a political
candidate or create inauthentic content continues to grow.
Conducted by OnePoll, the survey titled the ‘Impact of
Cybersecurity and AI on the 2024 election season’, asked 2,000
American registered voters about how they perceive cybersecurity
ahead of the elections, the impact of AI and the concerns they have
about the cybersecurity of political campaigns, regardless of party
affiliations. Highlights include:
- 85% of respondents don’t have a high level of confidence
that political campaigns effectively protect their personal
information which ultimately could impact the success of the
campaign.
- In fact, 42% of those who have donated to a campaign
said their likelihood of donating again would change if the
campaign was hacked and 30% report this would even change
the likelihood of a candidate receiving their vote.
- Over 78% of respondents are concerned about AI-generated
content being used to impersonate a political candidate or create
inauthentic content. (Democrats at 79% and Republicans at
80%)
Media opps:
- Interviews with Michael Kaiser, CEO and president of DDC on the
impact of cybersecurity for campaigns and Mary Mangione, associate
global director of Yubico, on the important role that multi-factor
authentication plays in staying safe and secure online.
- Images featuring key report stats.
About Yubico: Yubico (Nasdaq First North Growth Market
Stockholm: YUBICO), the inventor of the YubiKey, offers the gold
standard for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA),
stopping account takeovers in their tracks and making secure login
easy and available for everyone. Since the company was founded in
2007, it has been a leader in setting global standards for secure
access to computers, mobile devices, servers, browsers, and
internet accounts. Yubico is a creator and core contributor to the
FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) open
authentication standards, and is a pioneer in delivering
hardware-based passwordless authentication using the highest
assurance passkeys to customers in 160+ countries. For more
information, visit: www.yubico.com.
Yubico’s solutions enable passwordless logins using the most
secure form of passkey technology. YubiKeys work out-of-the-box
across hundreds of consumer and enterprise applications and
services, delivering strong security with a fast and easy
experience.
As part of its mission to make the internet more secure for
everyone, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations helping at-risk
individuals through the philanthropic initiative, Secure it
Forward. The company is headquartered in Stockholm and Santa Clara,
CA. For more information on Yubico, visit us at www.yubico.com.
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