Russia reports online attacks on electoral system on second day of parliamentary vote
Officials said the online voting system faced a powerful overnight attack and a sabotage attempt on Far East communication lines was thwarted.
- Anonymous hacker group CikLeak breached the Central Election Commission's GAS Elections 2.0 system and contractor Tsifrotekh, publishing internal documents and source code during Russia's ongoing three-day parliamentary election running through Sunday.
- In August, CEC head Ella Pamfilova insisted the system remained "maximally secure," but independent outlet Important Stories verified the leaked documents' authenticity, directly contradicting official claims that the platform was impenetrable.
- Authorities reported "powerful" cyberattacks against voting systems and communication lines throughout the weekend; simultaneously, terminals at several Moscow polling stations malfunctioned, displaying "voter not found" messages and disrupting in-person electronic voting.
- Balloting includes the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, where authorities claim over 3.5 million voters reside; Kyiv and international observers condemn the process as an illegal attempt to solidify Kremlin control.
- The three-day election ending Sunday is expected to return the ruling United Russia party to power in the 450-seat State Duma, with the Kremlin likely viewing the result as evidence of public support for the war.
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Russia Claims Election Systems Hit by Cyberattacks During First Parliamentary Vote Since 2022
Russian authorities claimed on September 19 that electronic voting systems and communications infrastructure had been attacked during the country's three-day parliamentary election, the Kyiv Independent reported on September 20. According to the outlet, the vote is Russia's first since it launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the first to organize balloting in temporarily occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions. We …
On September 19, Russian authorities said that electronic voting systems and communications infrastructure had been targeted by attacks as the country began the second of three days of parliamentary elections, the Kyiv Independent reported.
The president of organism, Ella Pamfilova, stated that the Moscow system was subjected to a virtually continuous attack throughout the night, but said it was “successfully neutralized.”
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