Mississippi Officials Confirm Cyber Attack on State Election Websites on Election Day

Figurines with computers and smartphones present in front of the words "Cyber Attack", binary codes and the Russian flag, this illustration taken on Feb. 15, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Mississippi officials confirmed that it was hit with a cyber-attack on state election websites on Tuesday.

“Yesterday, our offices confirmed an abnormally large increase in traffic volume due to DDoS activity, which caused the public-facing side of our websites to be periodically inaccessible,” Secretary of State Michael Watson said in a press release on Wednesday. “At this time, we do not have confirmation as to where the DDoS activity originated, and more evidence would be required to attribute to any person or group.”