{"id":117876,"date":"2024-10-24T16:07:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117876"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:07:45","slug":"georgia-secretary-of-states-office-says-it-repelled-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117876","title":{"rendered":"Georgia secretary of state&#8217;s office says it repelled cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The secretary of state&#8217;s office was the target of an unsuccessful cyberattack earlier this month, the agency confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An official with the secretary of state&#8217;s office said the attack was an attempt to crash the absentee voting website, and it was discovered when the agency noticed a spike in attempts to access the site nine days ago, on Oct. 14. There were over 420,000 attempts made from around the world, which the official said was a coordinated attempt to make the website crash.<\/p>\n<p>Security experts were ultimately able to thwart the attack. The secretary of state&#8217;s office said it still does not know who was behind the attack but suggested it may have been a foreign country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the office, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabrielSterling\/status\/1849226086099431644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> Thursday evening in a social media post that &#8220;this was a big win for our cyber security team and our partners. We work everyday to protect Georgia voters and our systems.&#8221; In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabrielSterling\/status\/1849237636633780472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>, he said, &#8220;The attack was detected and mitigated quickly.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/politics\/georgia-election-official-cyber-attack\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a> first reported the cyberattack attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is aware of the cyberattack and worked with the Georgia secretary of state&#8217;s office in the aftermath of the incident, sources confirmed to CBS News. The FBI declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia voters have also been showing up for early voting, which began on Oct. 15. Early voters shattered records this year for the presidential election, the secretary of state&#8217;s office said, more than doubling early voting figures from 2020 on the first day, with 310,000 ballots cast, compared with 136,739 on the first day of early voting in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brad-raffensperger-face-the-nation-transcript-10-20-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Brad Raffensperger<\/a><\/span> predicted there would be record turnout in Georgia this year, telling CBS News&#8217; Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; Sunday, &#8220;You look at the turnout \u2014 we&#8217;re almost pushing 1.4 million who&#8217;ve already voted early or who we&#8217;ve accepted their absentee ballots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/nicole-sganga\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nicole Sganga<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Andres Triay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/election-2024\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/search\/author\/jared-eggleston\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jared Eggleston<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Jared Eggleston is a digital journalist\/associate producer at CBS News. 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