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Directly from the report[1]: "We do not rule out the possibility that there was foreign interference in the EU referendum caused by a DDOS (distributed denial
by btbuilder 9y ago
Directly from the report[1]:
"We do not rule out the possibility that there was foreign interference in the EU referendum
caused by a DDOS (distributed denial of service attack) using botnets, though we do
not believe that any such interference had any material effect on the outcome of the
EU referendum."
This is not hacking, this is a statement that says we can't say for sure that the additional load wasn't a DDoS attack.
[1] https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubadm/496/496.pdf https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/...