"They can target our democratic institutions and can be
used with other tools, such as propaganda and fake news, in hybrid
attacks," the EC’s security chief warned on Tuesday in Brussels. Julian
King, speaking ahead of the German election on Sunday, warned that a more robust EU cyber
agency could help member states defend their elections against "hybrid
attacks". As a positive example he
praised Finland's new "centre of excellence" on hybrid warfare, designed
to help EU countries fight novel assaults.