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MONTGOMERY COUNTY IT SECURITY THWARTS FOREIGN CYBERATTACK ATTEMPTS, ELECTION
BOARD CHAIRMAN SAYS

MAKHIJA: MONTCO. RECEIVED ‘OVER 1 MILLION ATTEMPTS OF INTRUSION TO OUR COUNTY
NETWORK, 600,000 CAME FROM RUSSIA AND BULGARIA

By Rachel Ravina | The Reporter



Friday, November 8, 2024

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Makhija: Montco. received ‘over 1 million attempts of intrusion to our county
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Montgomery County’s information and technology solutions department thwarted
attempts of cyberattacks from other countries during the 2024 general election,
Montgomery County Election Board Chairman Neil Makhija said on Wednesday.

“Our IT department … had set up the security infrastructure to keep us safe from
cyberattacks, and it was the case that we received over 1 million attempts of
intrusion to our county network, and 600,000 came from Russia and [Bulgaria],
and we successfully protected our IT systems from those attacks thanks to our IT
and our security team,” Makhija said during a Wednesday morning press
conference.

Makhija, who also serves as vice chairman of the Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners, added that “thankfully we have a firewall that is successful, and
we have no reason to believe that the IT system was intruded upon.”





The focus on cybersecurity during elections comes nearly two weeks after a
“fake” video circulating on social media in late October “purporting to show
Bucks County mail-in ballots being opened and destroyed,” the Bucks County
District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. A federal investigation revealed
the video was “manufactured and amplified” by Russia. The incident was reported
by multiple media outlets.

Bucks County election officials issued a bipartisan statement denouncing “this
type of behavior [that] is meant to sow division and distrust in our election
systems” and “unequivocally condemns this purposeful spreading of dangerous
disinformation.”

“This Russian activity is part of Moscow’s broader effort to raise unfounded
questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and stoke divisions among
Americans, as detailed in prior ODNI election updates. In the lead up to
election day and in the weeks and months after, the IC expects Russia to create
and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the
integrity of the election and divide Americans,” federal officials said in an
Oct. 25 statement.



Montgomery County election officials stressed confidence in security measures
taken throughout the 2024 general election, which resulted in a more than 81
percent voter turnout, according to unofficial figures released as of Wednesday
morning.

“So we’ll have to do a continued assessment of what was attempted and what we
can continue to do as a county to make sure that our system is safe, but for the
voter’s sake, there’s no reason to believe that that interfered with the results
with the tabulation of election,” Makhija said.









 


MORE LIKE THIS STORY:

 * RNC sues Montgomery County, alleges mail ballots sent without doing testing
 * Tensions rise among Montgomery County officials at post-election press
   conference
 * Montgomery County election board permits counting of ‘mail-in ballots with
   incorrect years’



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RACHEL RAVINA | THE REPORTER

Rachel Ravina is a journalist covering news and lifestyle features in Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Blue Bell and graduated from Penn State.
She's also a news enthusiast who is passionate about covering topics people want
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