ISLAMABAD – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) website for I-voting byoverseas Pakistanis came under multiple cyber-attacks, reported a privatemedia outlet.
Voting for the by-election on 35 national and provincial assembliescommenced at 8 am across the country, with more than 300 candidates,including some political bigwigs, in the running.
Quoting sources, the media outlet said that the I-voting website sustained10,000 cyber-attacks simultaneously. The NADRA authorities were, however,able to thwart the attack and the website from going down.
The website did not go down even once in seven hours, according to sources.