BRISBANE
Khalistan Referendum voting in Brisbane was hit by a massive cyber attack within 30 minutes after the polling commenced. The voting started at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre with the Sikh holy prayers at sharp 9:00am.
The voting continued smoothly for the first 30 minutes but then the whole voting electronic system crashed as the cyber-attack was launched. Organisers Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) said the attack was well-planned and well -coordinated. They said that the Indian government agencies were behind the cyber-attack.
They said that this was not the first time that the Sikhs’ Khalistan Referendum voting was attacked. One of the organisers said that attempts were made previously as well but the IT team and security experts of the SFJ were able to restore the system back up.
On Sunday as the system was disrupted, thousands of people waited in queues outside for the system to start operating again. The online portal especially built for safe voting on the question of “Secession of India from Punjab” went down and a message read on the system: “Your connection is not private.
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from the website (for example passwords, messages or cards).”Khalistan Referendum voting hit by cyber attack Inside the vast hall, dozens of policemen stood in line to provide security to the voters. Outside the hall over 50 policemen patrolled the streets as there were fears of disruptions from the local Hindutva groups who had announced a demonstration outside the centre.
The cyber-attack is part of the sustained campaign by the Indian government to halt the Khalistan Referendum voting in the western countries which have seen thousands of Sikhs coming out to show their support for the creation of Khalistan.
Qihoo360 Technology, a Beijing-based major software company released a cyber-security report asserting that in India Sikhs with the religious and political inclination and Khalistan Referendum 2020 websites and mobile apps are under attack from Indian cyber mercenary group known as “APT C-35”.
