The Champaign County (Illinois) Clerk’s Office announced on its Facebook page that the election official’s website has been targeted by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack designed to block or slow down access.
“For the past month the Champaign County Clerk’s website has been the target of repeated D-DOS attacks, fortunately the reinforced security and response from the Clerk’s IT team has prevented these attacks from being successful and the Clerk’s website has remained secured,” the Facebook post states. “No data or information has been compromised and the election is secure.”
The attack on the public-facing website will not impact the ability of people in the traditional Democratic stronghold to vote, but it may make it more difficult for people looking for polling locations to get needed information.