The office of Georgia's secretary of state said it fended off a cyberattack believed to have come from a foreign nation intended to paralyze the battleground state's absentee voter website. 

The secretary of state’s cyber team was alerted to a dramatic spike in attempts to access Georgia’s absentee ballot portal Oct. 14. The portal, which was slowed but not stopped, is the website where voters request absentee ballots. 

The state's voting systems aren't connected to the internet and were not affected, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

"[The event] had the hallmarks of a foreign power or a foreign entity working at the behest of a foreign power," said Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer for the secretary of state’s office.

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