Moscow voting system hit by strong cyberattack during parliamentary election, Ifax reports
- On Friday, Russians began a three-day parliamentary election expected to return the ruling United Russia party to power in the State Duma, tightening President Vladimir Putin's control.
- Voting machines at several Moscow polling stations stopped working on Friday, while Russian Telegram channels reported numerous electronic terminals malfunctioned simultaneously without successful reboots.
- Some devices displayed the message "voter not found, please contact the precinct election commission chairperson," according to the Astra Telegram channel, while others experienced intermittent glitches.
- Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova said on Saturday that the online voting system faced a strong overnight attack, though she claimed the situation remains under control.
- The election proceeds with only a handful of Kremlin-tolerated opposition parties participating, ensuring predetermined outcomes despite technical disruptions and cyber attacks reported during voting.
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The electronic voting system in Moscow came under serious attack overnight while parliamentary elections are being held, but the situation remains under control. The head of the Central Election Commission said this today, according to the Interfax news agency. The attacks continue in the midst of elections but are being successfully countered, Ella Pamfilova said, according to the agency. Parliamentary elections are being held in the country fr…
The Moscow voting system targeted by a massive cyberattack in the parliamentary elections, according to Interfax. The Moscow voting system targeted by a massive cyberattack in the parliamentary elections, according to Interfax. The Moscow voting system targeted by a massive cyberattack in the parliamentary elections, according to Interfax. The Moscow voting system targeted by a massive cyberattack in the parliamentary elections, according to Int…
The Moscow electronic voting system has been subjected to a massive cyber attack all night, and it is continuing, and the DEG is running a full-time operation, reporting to the head of the Russian CEC, Ella Pamfilov.
A technical glitch took place due to hacker attacks on the first day of parliamentary elections in Moscow and online voting terminals were out of order for a short time, Olga Kirillova, chairman of the Moscow Election..
“There was indeed a technical glitch yesterday… Our terminals have been malfunctioning for a short period. However, according to experts, this could have been caused by enemy attacks on information systems,” she told correspondents.Kirillova...
The Moscow Remote Electronic Voter System (DEG) checks whether the VPN voter is included. This was reported by programmer Peter Gijin (he analysed and described in detail the scheme of falsifications at the DEG in the last elections to the State in 2021).
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