A twisted saga of leaked credentials and paid influencers
WTF?
There was also evidence of an insidious social media influence campaign.
It’s been a wild ride for democracy in Romania lately.
The agency said the hackers accessed Romania’s central election infrastructure to alter information and deny system access.
The bad actors used various vectors, including SQL injection and cross-site scripting on voter registration websites.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there.
A separate declassified Romanian intel report states that officialsuncoveredevidence of a coordinated Russian influence campaign on TikTok.
The effort favored Romanian presidential long-shot Calin Georgescu.
Bleeping Computer notes that investigatorsbelieveRussia views Romania as a strategic adversary because of its NATO ties.
However, they didn’t explicitly name the country as the perpetrator of the attacks.
It’s a pragmatic move but could shake public confidence in the electoral process.
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