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UK Electoral Commission Admits Major Data Breach Spanning Over a Year
The compromised electoral registers contained information from 2014 to 2022, including the names and addresses of voters, both domestic and overseas.
Russian electronic voting system hit by 19 DDoS attacks in one day
According to local Russian media, these DDoS attacks originated from several different countries including India, China, Brazil, Russia, and the US.
Scammers stole $2.3 million from Republican Party in Wisconsin
WisGOP claims that scammers stole the money from the account they were using for the reelection campaign of President Donald Trump.
Voting system in Georgia county hit by ransomware attack
The ransomware attack impacted the voting precinct map and voter signature database among other services.
Hackers exploit VPN, Windows flaws to influence US elections
According to CISA, these Windows flaws are centered around Fortinet FortiOS Secure Socket Layer (SSL) VPN and MobileIron platform.
Hackers hit Reddit; deface 70+ Subreddits with Pro-Trump messages
Before Reddit, in June 2020, more than 1,150 Roblox accounts were also hacked with pro-Trump content.
Hackers deface Roblox accounts with pro-Trump messages
Roblox has over 100 million registered users but only a handful of accounts were compromised. As the US…
Labour Party’s campaign sites hit by DDoS Attack
The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has confirmed that its digital platforms suffered a massive DDoS attack blocking its security system.
Republican & Conservative leaders are the new targets of Russian hackers —Microsoft
Microsoft has released a startling report exposing the way Russian military intelligence and its hackers planned to target…
Defcon: 11-year-old modifies Florida Presidential voting results
At the largest hacking conference in the world, Defcon 2018, there have been many surprising discoveries. However, the…