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Russia reports thousands of cyberattacks on election infrastructure during vote

Russian officials report thousands of DDoS attacks and phishing attempts targeted election and e-government systems during parliamentary voting, with no confirmed compromises.

Russia's Digital Development Ministry reported about 2,000 blocked attacks on its federal online voting platform and e-government systems during the three-day parliamentary election, while the Central Election Commission counted more than 3,000 DDoS waves, including 135 against the federal voting platform and 420 against Rostelecom. Officials claimed no compromises, blaming actors from Ukraine, the UK, Brazil, and Mexico without public evidence. Hacking group CikLeak separately claimed it breached Central Election Commission and Vybory contractor systems, publishing purported screenshots and internal data. Roskomnadzor also reported over 1,500 foreign DDoS attacks and phishing sites impersonating election resources.

The RecordSep 20, 23:00 UTC · 6d agoThreat actor in the wild

Hackers claim breach of Russian election systems days before parliamentary vote

Hacking group CikLeak claims it stole documents, server configurations and passwords from Russia's Central Election Commission and Vybory election platform contractors days before parliamentary voting.

An anonymous group calling itself CikLeak claims it breached systems of Russia's Central Election Commission and contractors developing the Vybory election platform, including Rostelecom, stealing internal documents, server configurations, passwords, and employee communications. The group gave the material to investigative outlet Important Stories, which says it authenticated the documents, though the depth of access to voting or counting systems remains unclear. CikLeak says its goal was transparency about manipulation opportunities, not disruption, and urged Russians to vote in person. The claim came days before the first State Duma election conducted on the Vybory 2.0 platform, amid rising attacks that CEC Chair Ella Pamfilova says are unprecedented in intensity.

The RecordSep 17, 13:45 UTC · 9d agoData breach in the wild

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Russia reports thousands of cyberattacks on election infrastructure during vote

Hackers claim breach of Russian election systems days before parliamentary vote