>> LE. FROM ABC, 7, THIS IS NEWS AT 7. >> LAST NIGHT'S PRARY ELECTION WENT A LITTLE HAYWIRE. THE VENDOR TT FES RACE RESULTS FOR 61. FLORIDA COUNTIES EXPERIENC AN OUTAGE RIGHT AS THE VOTES WERE COMI IN. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING ABC 7. I'M MEAGAN MILLER AND I'M CHRISTY SOTO. THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS WEB SITES WERE ALL DOWN. COLLIER COUNTY RESORTED TO POSTING ELECTION RESULTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE BIG QUESTION TODAY IS HOW DID THIS ALL HAPPEN? ABC SEVEN'S RIGHT T NOW GAS IS GETTING TO E BOTTOM OF IT. >> THE COLLIER COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TELLS US THAT LAST NIGHT SHUT DOWN THAT IMPACTED. 61OUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE FLORIDA WAS NOT MALICIOUS OR CYBERATTACK. MELISSA BLEACHER SAYS THAT THIS WAS A SECURITY UPDATE. GONE WRONG. >> WELL, THE VENDOR HAS REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT ONE OF THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOLS THEY HAD IN PLACE WAS DOING SOME ADDITIONAL LOGGING. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVE. THAT WAS THE CULPRIT. IT WAS A TAD CUMMINS STEP TALLAHASSEE, BASED VR SYSTEMS THAT SHOULDN'T ACCESSSS TO ELECTION DA ACROSS COLLIER COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATEDURING PRIME TIME FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS RESULTS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO CALL YOUR VOTE STOCK OF LAST NIGHT, IT WAS TAKING YOU TO KNOW WHERE NEWLY RE-ELECTED SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. MELISSA BLAZIER TELLS US PLAN BE KICKED OFF AROUND 04:30PM, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEATHER TEAM NOTICED THE WEBSITE FOR RESULTS WASN'T UPDATING BY 07:00PM. THE SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY OVERWELL, IT WHH IS WHY WE SWITCHED OVER TO SOCIAL MEDIA.YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE REPORTERS HERE LAST NIGHT. >> TO BE ABLE TO SAY NO, PLEASE GO TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND WE ARE LINKING DIRECTLY TO OUR ELECTION NIGHT WEB RESULTS. DESPITE THE LOCKOUT. THE ONLY THING AFFECTED WAS THE PUBLIC VIEWING THE RESULTS, THE SYSTEM THAT MAUNCTION DIDN'T IMPACT ACTUAL VOTER DATA OR ELECTION OUTCOME. IT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS TO MENTION IS THAT THE WEBSITE IS NOT CONNECTED TO OUR VOTING SYSTEM IN ANY WAY. PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, YEAH, DID SOMETHING MALICIOUS HAPPEN? NO, NO. THE WAS NOTHING MALICIOUS ABOUT IT AT ALL. THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ALSO SAYS SHE BELIEVES THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE