● SAFER CYBERSPACE
I-VOTING:
20 years
of progress
The local government elections in October 2025 will mark
the 20th anniversary of i-voting in Estonia.
L
ast year’s Estonian election for the
European Parliament went smoothly.
The voting process, including internet
voting and vote verification, functioned
as expected, without any disruptions. Cyber
activity during the election week was relatively
quiet – no attacks were detected against election systems. Although some web browsers initially flagged the voter application’s executable
file as malware at the start of election week, this
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issue was quickly resolved thanks to effective
collaboration with Google.
The i-voting platform’s reliability was further
confirmed by record voter engagement with the
verification app: nearly 10% of i-voters checked
that their vote had reached RIA’s collection
server, which is the highest rate to date. The
more voters verify their votes, the more certainty election organisers have that the system and
voters’ devices are uncompromised.
CYBER SECURITY IN ESTONIA 2025