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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Organisers say Hong Kong mock poll 'under cyber
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Organisers say Hong Kong mock poll 'under cyber attack'
http://j.mp/GU9cw8 (BBC)
"Mr Chung also told local media that hackers had attacked the website a
few days ago, with one million clicks registered per second. He said
the site could not be accessed early this morning. The organisers
were expecting 50,000 to 100,000 votes in total, but they got 10,000
just in the first three hours between midnight and 03:00 (4:00 to 7:00
GMT). Mr Chung is urging those who want to participate to go to one
of the polling stations to cast their votes. One of the polling
stations, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has already resorted to
paper ballots, according to the city's public broadcaster RTHK."
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