For the first time in the history of the nation’s elections, the battle for Singaporeans’ votes is likely not to be waged at rallies on grassy fields, but in a virtual arena. Security expert Shashi Jayakumar said malicious actors might try to “interdict and corrupt” digital campaigning through the use of cyber-attacks or deep fakes. “Given the compressed time period during campaigning in Singapore, this type of interference, unless spotted and stopped at a very early stage, could conceivably affect mindsets and thinking of individual voters,” said Dr Jayakumar, from NTU’s RSIS.