Russian election commission website hacked
Monday March 05, 2012 10:22:34 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: The website of Russia's Central
Election Commission came under hacker attack from within Russia
and abroad during the presidential election, a top official said.
The commission's deputy head Leonid Ivlev said: "It was varied and
of long duration, but does not present any problem to the CEC
server. They want to damage its defence."
He said the attacks came from as far away as Western Europe and
even Australia as well as from Russia and the former Soviet
states.
"Our main task now is to hold onto the collected data from all the
polling stations and regional election commissions," he added.
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