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Sweden Struggles With ‘Country in Chaos’ Social Media Attacks

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By Rafaela Lindeberg

August 30, 2018 at 6:34 AM UTC

Updated on

August 30, 2018 at 10:22 AM UTC

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A familiar script is playing out in cyber space as Swedes prepare to vote in 10 days.

Facing what could be the most tumultuous election in a century, the nation’s institutions and political groups have come under increasing cyberattacks that are threatening to disrupt the outcome. There has been a proliferation of new “bots” on Twitter that are primarily stumping for the nationalist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats and attacking the ruling Social Democrats.