Russia reports thousands of cyberattacks on election infrastructure during vote

Summary by Cyber Security News21 Sep 2026, 01:00 CEST

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Claims by officials of cyberattacks against election infrastructure could not be independently verified. Russian officials provided little technical evidence about the attacks or who it claimed who was behind them.

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