RKN reported large-scale outside interference in the voting process

Roskomnadzor records outside interference in the voting process. Phishing resources masquerading as official sites are launched. This was reported by Deputy Head of the Department of Permitting, Control and Supervision in the Field of Mass Communications of Roskomnadzor Alexander Izhko in the CEC of Russia.

According to him, during the voting, more than 1.5 thousand DDoS attacks were recorded on the resources of the CEC, DEG, the portal of State Services and the systems of the Department of Information Technologies of Moscow from the foreign segment of the Internet. “Operational measures have been taken to block the sources of the attack,” Izhko added.

From 18 to 20 September in Russia elected deputies of the state Duma and the composition of legislative assemblies in 39 regions. Elections of senior officials are held in Mordovia, Tuva, Chechnya, Belgorod, Penza, Tver and Ulyanovsk regions.