Electoral Commission cyber attack could be part of ‘major espionage operation’, expert says

The actor was happy to lie low in the network, not do much, dip in and dip out and just sit there and watch,” Mr Sullivan told i. “All states spy and this seems like a major espionage operation, and that impact of the mere fact that they are interested in our electoral processes, they are willing to interfere – they are sitting in this network looking for other opportunities to move laterally into other networks.”