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Cyberattack on Florida election is first known case in US, experts say

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imagesBy Gil Aegerter Staff Writer, NBC News

An attempt to illegally obtain absentee ballots in Florida last year is the first known case in the U.S. of a cyber attack against an online election system, according to computer scientists and lawyers working to safeguard voting security.The case involved more than 2,500 “phantom requests” for absentee ballots, apparently sent to the Miami-Dade County elections website using a computer program, according to a grand jury report on problems in the Aug. 14 primary election. It is not clear whether the bogus requests were an attempt to influence a specific race, test the system or simply interfere with the voting. Because of the enormous number of requests – and the fact that most were sent from a small number of computer IP addresses in Ireland, England, India and other overseas locations – software used by the county flagged them and elections workers rejected them.

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