Image copyright JEFF OVERS The former head of MI6 has warned against adopting electronic voting systems owing to fears about international cyber warfare.
Sir John Sawers told the BBC that casting a ballot with pencil and paper was “actually much more secure”.
He warned: “The more things that go online, the more susceptible you are to cyber attacks.”
Electronic voting happens via computer or smartphone, instead of people having to go to a polling station.
"Robust systems needed"Sir John"s warning comes after the US government accused Russia of hacking into the emails of leading Democrats and interfering in the recent presidential election.
This has increased concerns among security experts as to whether vital national electronic systems are vulnerable to malicious disruption by other countries.
Sir John, head of MI6 from 2009 until 2014, told the BBC Radio 4 documentary The New World: Axis of Power, which examines the state of international tensions between the world�..
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