Georgia elections official says cyberattack ‘slowed’ elections website – Washington Examiner
The article discusses a recent cyberattack on Georgia’s election website, which affected its absentee ballot system. The attack, identified by cybersecurity company Cloudflare, was described by Gabriel Sterling, the chief operations officer for Georgia’s Secretary of State, as a “probing attack” likely originating from a foreign entity. While the attack slowed down the site’s systems temporarily, it did not cause any shutdowns, allowing operations to continue without significant disruption. This incident occurred just weeks before the upcoming election, highlighting ongoing concerns regarding election security.
Georgia elections official says cyberattack ‘slowed’ elections website
Georgia‘s election website experienced a cyberattack earlier this month, affecting its online absentee ballot system.
Cyber Security company Cloudflare caught the attack before it could take the website offline completely within weeks of the election. Gabriel Sterling, chief operations officer to Georgia’s Secretary of State office, said it was a “probing attack” likely from “a foreign power or a foreign entity.”
“It slowed our systems down for a little bit, but it never stopped our systems from working,” Sterling told CNN.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Cloudflare for comment on the attack.
Six months earlier, Coffee County was the target of another cyberattack. As a result, the county website severed its connection to the state’s election website as a precaution.
“This was a big win for our cyber security team and our partners. We work everyday to protect Georgia voters and our systems,” Sterling assured his followers on X.
Voters in the Peach State have already broken early voting records. The previous record was 136,000 votes cast on the first day of early voting in 2002. This year’s first day saw more than 312,000 early ballots.
As of Thursday, 3 out of every 10 active voters in Georgia had cast a ballot. Sterling anticipated that 2,250,000 voters, about a third of active voters, would hand in their ballots by the end of the day.
Georgia elected President Joe Biden in 2020 after voting for the Republican candidate since 1996.
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