Recently, it was determined on the 28th that the overload on the server of the National Election Commission's election statistics system was a temporary phenomenon that occurred during a security diagnosis process, rather than a cyber attack.
The National Election Commission previously stated that a cyber attack on its election statistics system on the website occurred for about three hours from 2:40 p.m. on the 22nd.
This was due to indications that someone was continuously attempting to access the website, causing the server to overload.
Since there were about 40 days left until the 21st presidential election, the National Election Commission also requested an investigation by the police.
An official from the National Election Commission noted, "We identified that the traffic overload occurred due to the automated inspection method of the security diagnosis company, and it appears that this incident was caused by the diagnosis company not informing the National Election Commission about the change in inspection method, rather than a system issue or an external attack."
The National Election Commission reportedly entrusted a security diagnosis company to inspect security vulnerabilities in the election statistics system and others on the 21st, a day before the overload occurred. This was in preparation for potential attacks on the National Election Commission's servers ahead of the presidential election.
However, the company used an automated inspection method using an "automation script" in this inspection, unlike the previous method of manual inspection. It is reported that the National Election Commission did not receive prior notice of this fact from the company.
However, the National Election Commission has determined that it will not retract its request for investigation.