{"id":2358959,"date":"2024-10-24T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-elections-official-says-cyberattack-slowed-elections-website-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:58:35","slug":"georgia-elections-official-says-cyberattack-slowed-elections-website-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-elections-official-says-cyberattack-slowed-elections-website-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia elections official says cyberattack \u2018slowed\u2019 elections website &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-elections-official-says-cyberattack-slowed-elections-website-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent cyberattack on \u2062Georgia&#8217;s\u200c election \u200bwebsite, which affected its absentee\u2064 ballot system. The\u2062 attack, identified by cybersecurity company Cloudflare, was described by Gabriel Sterling, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/repos-and-foreclosures-on-the-rise-but-bidenomics-is-working\/\" title=\"Repos and foreclosures increasing, yet Bidenomics succeeds.\">chief operations \u200cofficer<\/a> for Georgia&#8217;s Secretary of State, as a\u200b &#8220;probing attack&#8221; likely originating from a foreign entity. While the attack slowed down the site&#8217;s systems temporarily, it did not cause any shutdowns, \u2063allowing operations to continue without\u200c significant disruption. This incident occurred just weeks before \u2063the upcoming election, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-human-eco-brats-deface-one-of-the-oldest-monuments-on-earth\/\" title=\"Activist Group Vandalizes Ancient Monument\">highlighting ongoing concerns<\/a> regarding\u200d election security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Georgia elections official says cyberattack &lsquo;slowed&rsquo; elections website<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1842630\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a>&lsquo;s election website experienced a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cyber-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cyberattack<\/a> earlier this month, affecting its online <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>absentee ballot<\/a> system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Cyber Security company Cloudflare caught the attack before it could take the website offline completely within weeks of the election. Gabriel Sterling, chief operations officer to Georgia&rsquo;s Secretary of State office, said it was a &ldquo;probing attack&rdquo; likely from &ldquo;a foreign power or a foreign entity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It slowed our systems down for a little bit, but it never stopped our systems from working,&rdquo; Sterling told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/politics\/georgia-election-official-cyber-attack\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CNN\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Cloudflare for comment on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Six months earlier, Coffee County was the target of another cyberattack. As a result, the county website severed its connection to the state&rsquo;s election website as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a big win for our cyber security team and our partners. We work everyday to protect Georgia voters and our systems,&rdquo; Sterling assured his followers on X.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in the Peach State have already <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">broken early voting records<\/a>. The previous record was 136,000 votes cast on the first day of early voting in 2002. This year&rsquo;s first day saw more than 312,000 early ballots.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, 3 out of every 10 active voters in Georgia <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">had cast a ballot. Sterling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabrielSterling\/status\/1849410253256798299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anticipated<\/a>&nbsp;that 2,250,000 voters, about a third of active voters, would hand in the<\/span>ir ballots by the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia elected President Joe Biden in 2020 after voting for the Republican candidate since 1996.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1842630\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1842630\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia elections official reports cyberattack &#8216;slowed&#8217; website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2358960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/circuit-internet-crowdstrike-cyber-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[28754,6571,4977],"class_list":["post-2358959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cyberattack","tag-elections","tag-georgia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/circuit-internet-crowdstrike-cyber-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}