Mozambique Elections: CNE bolsters cyber security following attack

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Mozambique Elections: CNE bolsters cyber security following attack

1:38 CAT | 30 Sep 2024

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The official pages of Mozambique’s National Electoral Commission (CNE) on the Internet suffered a cyber attack on Saturday, the body confirmed in a statement, saying that it had reinforced security.

According to the organisation, the attack took place in the morning, and without giving further details, the CNE said that the “consequences are yet to be determined”.

“The electoral bodies have already regained control and are strengthening security mechanisms,” it said.

The attack confirmed by the CNE comes almost a week before the close of campaigning for the next general elections.

Mozambique is holding its seventh presidential elections on 9 October, in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi, who has reached the constitutional limit of two terms, is no longer running, at the same time as the seventh legislative elections and the fourth for provincial assemblies and governors.

According to data from the National Electoral Commission, more than 17 million voters are registered to vote, including 333,839 registered abroad.

Running for president are Daniel Chapo, backed by the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), Ossufo Momade, backed by the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the largest opposition party, Lutero Simango, backed by the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), the third SF party in parliament, and Venâncio Mondlane, a former Renamo member and MP, backed by the Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), which has no parliamentary representation.

Source: Lusa