The Georgia secretary of state's office said on Wednesday it had fended off a cyberattack aimed at crashing the website the state's voters use to request absentee ballots.

Georgia’s secretary of state’s office this month fended off a cyberattack believed to have come from a foreign country against the website voters use to request absentee ballots, the office told CNN.

Georgia’s secretary of state warded off a cybersecurity threat this month against what was most likely an attack by a foreign country targeting its website that voters can use to request absentee ballots.

The secretary of state's office in Georgia says it was unsuccessfully targeted by a cyberattack earlier this month.

A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday.

An official with the Georgia secretary of state’s office said it stopped a cyberattack last week that targeted its absentee ballot website.

The attack was specifically aimed at knocking down the absentee ballot website, CNN reported. ATLANTA — The Georgia Secretary of State's Office was able to stop a cybersecurity attack that was aimed at taking down the state's absentee voter website.