Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced to Panama

The Ohio Secretary of State's office was the subject of a thwarted foreign cyber attack on Election Day.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Tuesday that the so-called "SQL injection" attack was detected by the state's internal systems. The attack was attempting to insert malicious code into his office's website.

The attempted hack originated in Panama and was traced to a Russian-owned company, he said, but was "relatively unsophisticated."

"Some of these unsophisticated attacks are ways that they probe for vulnerabilities. They are poking around for soft spots," LaRose said, noting that the cyber attack was looking for vulnerabilities in his office's website.




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