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Hackers disrupt online electoral registration in Tunisia

The BBC reports on how hackers are disrupting the democratic process in Tunisia:

Hackers have briefly disrupted online voter registration for elections in Tunisia later this year, the election commission [Isie] has said.

Registration on the internet and by SMS was temporarily suspended following a “pirate attack”, it added…

Isie had for the first time allowed registration to take place online and by SMS in order to boost registration.

However, only a little more than 100,000 people had been added to the electoral list since the month-long registration process opened on 22 June, AFP news agency reports.

Journalist Naveena Kottoor told the BBC that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when most Tunisians fast between dawn and dusk, could be one factor in the sluggish pace of registration.

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