South Korea's election commission requests police to investigate cyberattack on election statistics system

The South Korean National Election Commission (NCEC) announced on the 23rd that a cyber attack had been confirmed on the election statistics system operated on the commission's website, and has requested the police to investigate.
According to the election commission, unauthorized access to the election statistics system was detected for about three hours from around 2:40 pm on the 22nd. The attackers repeatedly accessed the system in large quantities in an attempt to overload the server.
The Election Commission independently identified the cyberattack through its integrated monitoring system and information protection system, and blocked the IP address of the attacker.
The election commission explained that "due to our swift response, no damage has occurred." It added, "We are currently strengthening our monitoring system and are taking measures to prevent new
"No significant abnormalities have been confirmed," it said. With just over 40 days until the 21st presidential election, the Election Commission emphasized that it "recognizes the cyberattack on the election system as a serious situation."