Russian Central Election Commission suffered a heavy hacking attack from 15 countries on the election day in Russia.

A couple of days before and on the election day in Russia, the Central Election Commission of Russia suffered a heavy hacking attack targeting an information center, the body's secretary

The website of the Commission came under the DDoS attack from 15 countries. "We have actually registered a cyper attack on our information center," Mayor Gryshin's secretary said. The CIA's website also went down after a hacker DDoS attack, the RIA reported, adding that the problem is no longer there.

The website of the Commission is also attacked shortly after the start of the vote. Distribution denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has peaked between two and five o'clock Sunday, Ella Pamfilova said. The attack came from 15 countries, Pamfilova says.

The state automated Vybory system, however, can not be exposed to hacker attacks, as it is not connected to the global network, Pamfilova said.

"It's impossible to get to him," she added.

When all the ballot papers are counted after closing the polling stations, the data will be inserted into the system, along with information from the voting boxes with scanners and fully electronic voting devices. The head of state telecom corporation Rostelecom, Mikhail Oseevsky, earlier said that hacker attacks on various Russian websites increased their number in the days before the election. On Saturday, the Russian media center Roskomnadzor and online sales of Lenta were attacked. (RT)

• 19 Mar, 2018
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