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Over 19,000 cyber-attacks on Russian Presidential election recorded

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 17 Mar 2024 23:47
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Since January 1st, nearly 8 million potentially dangerous attacks have targeted the website of Russia's Central Election Commission.

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Igor Borisov, a member of Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC), disclosed to Russian news agency TASS that since the beginning of the year, nearly 8 million potentially dangerous attacks have targeted the CEC website.

"Almost eight million episodes of potentially dangerous impact have been recorded on the CEC website since January 1, ranging from moderate to high severity, including four deliberate DDoS attacks that lasted 14 minutes," Borisov told TASS news agency.

He further said that since the start of the elections, over 19,000 potentially dangerous attacks of moderate to high severity have been recorded so far.

These attacks have posed a significant challenge to the integrity of the electoral process, with nine targeted DDoS attacks during the voting period alone, lasting a combined total of 38 minutes.

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On March 16, the head of Solar Group, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, Igor Lyapunov, revealed that on the first day of the Russian elections, more than 90,000 cyber attacks targeted the elections portals originating from Ukraine and North America. 

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"According to information received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the administration of Joe Biden sets the task for US NGOs to achieve a decrease in the turnout in the upcoming March 15-17 presidential elections in the Russian Federation," the message read.

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