The left's primary voting platform suffered a cyberattack due to a massive influx of bot connections, hindering certain voters but without compromising the integrity of the vote.
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The voting platform for the left-wing primary was targeted by a cyberattack as soon as it opened in the morning.
The voting platform for the left-wing primary, which was to open at 8 a.m. this morning, is the victim of a cyberattack.
“The nature of this attack is to maximize the number of simultaneous connections through bots. In fact, this massive and fictitious influx of connections hinders the ability of some voters to vote. However, at no time was the voting platform interrupted and the vote was able to continue without interruption since its opening. The integrity of the votes recorded is not compromised,” points out Patrick Mennucci, president of the poll organization commission.

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