United States
USA
Mississippi election-day DDoS interrupts official public information websites
On 8 November 2022 distributed denial-of-service traffic periodically made public-facing websites operated by the Mississippi Secretary of State inaccessible during US midterm election day, disrupting availability of official election information. The secretary of state and CISA confirmed the attack. Authorities specifically said voting and vote counting were not affected and did not confirm claims by a pro-Russian group.
71
Estimated severity
71 / 100
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Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-11-08
Targeted Company
MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
Mississippi · United States
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information