Deep Fakes Could Endanger Scottish Parliament Television.

The public can view Live streaming services and recorded footage from the debating chamber and committee rooms on Scottish Parliament TV. Because there are no content limitations on the service, users can download live streaming video snippets. Additionally, the license to reuse the content is somewhat extensive. One of the first legislatures to permit this type of public access to it's proceedings was the Scottish Parliament. 

However, Ben Collier of the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish centre for crime and justice Research ( SCCJR ) stated that the transparency carries significant Cybersecurity risks that " could threaten public trust in Democracy. " Three major threats to the Scottish Parliament have been identified by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and SCCJR : threat actors producing Deep Fake videos of Parliament and disseminating them via social media channels for broader distribution ; attackers can take over a live stream by breaking into the network and chain of video and intercepting the data, displaying viewers a manipulated video on the live stream instead of the true version; and, finally, using the Parliamentary video archive to train AI to create malicious materials to target members of the Scottish Parliament.

Although the Scottish Parliament does not currently have procedures in place to step these kinds of attacks, the researchers outlined a number of ways to lessen the risks, including creating a communication team with the broadcasting unit to assist any targeted Parliament members, increasing authentication checks, and creating an intervention and reporting plan.