
The head of the Russian Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, announced an escalation of cyber aggression in the State Duma elections, reporting more than 28 million potentially dangerous impacts on the commission’s digital resources during the campaign and over 14.7 million serious cyber threats on voting days.
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Pamfilova made a statement at a meeting with President Putin, comparing the current level of cyber threats with previous elections, noting that the current figures have surpassed even the presidential campaign.
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Ella Pamfilova noted the escalation of cyber aggression during the recent State Duma elections.
During the election campaign, over 28 million potentially dangerous impacts on the CEC’s digital resources were recorded, and on voting days – over 14.7 million serious cyber threats.
MOSCOW, September 28 - RIA Novosti. The head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Ella Pamfilova, noted the escalation of cyber aggression during the past State Duma elections, saying that over 14.7 million cyber threats were recorded on voting days.
“I would say this: escalation, unprecedented cyber aggression. Well, I can’t express it any other way... if you compare it even with the data that, it would seem, during the presidential elections we had an unprecedented level of cyber aggression, but now they have outdone themselves: 28 million potentially dangerous impacts on all our digital resources of the Central Election Commission, this is during the election campaign,” Pamfilova said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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