FBI: DDoS Attack Potentially Targeted State Voter Registration Site

February 5, 2020

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned of a potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that targeted a state-level voter registration and information site in a Private Industry Notification (PIN).

"The FBI received reporting indicating a state-level voter registration and voter information website received anomalous Domain Name System (DNS) server requests consistent with a Pseudo Random Subdomain (PRSD) attack," according to the FBI PIN seen by BleepingComputer.

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FBI: DDoS Attack Potentially Targeted State Voter Registration Site

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