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\n\tMELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 The 2024 Music Victoria Awards were targeted by \u201cunknown assailant\/s\u201d who manipulated several of the publicly-voted categories, organizers have confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tLate Wednesday, Nov. 27, Music Victoria, the trade body that produces the annual ceremony, announced the breach by way of a social media post, and a lengthier explanation on its official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tMusic Victoria\u2019s reps reveal they had \u201crecently become aware of unusual activity within the third-party voting system used for the public voted categories in its 2024 Awards.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThrough internal investigations, the statement continues, \u201cincluding liaison with the third-party voting system Award Force, cyber security experts and legal advice, it has been found that targeted action by an unknown assailant\/s has resulted in thousands of misregistered votes being falsely attributed to nominees, resulting in a change to the recipients of five of the six publicly voted categories.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe most recent event was presented Oct. 25 at Fed Square in the state capital, Melbourne.<\/p>\n