Russian opposition e-voting suspended over DDoS attack October 20, 2012 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Electronic voting to the coordination council of Russia’s street opposition was temporarily suspended Saturday, Oct 20, over a hacker attack, the movement’s central election committee said via Twitter, according to RIA Novosti. “It is possible that the online voting has been affected by DDoS attacks,” the committee said, referring to a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack, a common form of hacking that denies users access to targeted websites. More than 165,000 people have registered to vote electronically for official leaders to the coordinating committee, which claims it is following up on the 10-month-old protest movement’s demand for free elections and fair representation. The committee will be comprised of civic activists, liberals, leftists and nationalists. The 45-seat council, in which 30 seats will go to civic activists while five will go to each of the political forces, is also aimed at representing the movement in the case of a potential dialogue with the authorities. The all-electronic voting is being held Saturday and Sunday, both online and at polling stations across a handful of Russian regions. The central election committee announced it will provide further details on its Twitter feed. Partner news  Top stories Mobile users in Armenia will get a possibility to change their operator without changing the phone number. Microsoft revealed last week that it received 6-7,000 requests implicating 31-32,000 accounts in the last six months. It is believed that Fisa requests typically seek much more information. But it remains unclear how broad the Fisa orders might be. The acquisitions are the latest in a string under Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who is rebuilding the company on the fly.   Partner news |  Latest news Turkish police detain 13 more demonstrators over violence  Human rights groups say more than 3,000 people have been detained, then released, since anti-government rallies began.Syrian rebels reportedly get first heavy weapons from Saudi Arabia A handful of the missiles were already in use and in high demand after opposition forces looted them from captured bases.UNESCO adds six ancient sites in Syria to World Heritage list Members also supported a French proposal calling for a special fund to help conserve World Heritage properties in Syria.Average monthly salary totals AMD 149 364 in May 2% and 7,2% growth was recorded in salaries of budgetary and private organizations totaling AMD 115 029 and AMD 199 492 resp. |
