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Sivart

(325 posts)
33. Becasue if you read your own link......
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:09 PM
Jul 2016

The hackers had access for a year or more before being discovered.

This is according to your link.

In fairness to the DNC, Russia's state agencies geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1
Agree. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #2
This is definitely the case. NWCorona Jul 2016 #3
Even more so LoverOfLiberty Jul 2016 #17
Could you please elaborate on your knowledge of Russian hacking? Sivart Jul 2016 #6
The Russians have broke into the White House and Pentagon. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #9
So, you have no knowledge of russian hacking capabilities specifically.... Sivart Jul 2016 #11
here's some background material for you to help you learn geek tragedy Jul 2016 #13
You are the only one bringing up the Primaries.... Sivart Jul 2016 #15
I'm sure you know better than every data security geek tragedy Jul 2016 #16
Well, I am trying to bring actual real world perspective to the conversation while you.... Sivart Jul 2016 #21
Do you think the White House and Pentagon don't have IT people geek tragedy Jul 2016 #22
This gets exactly to my concern..... Sivart Jul 2016 #25
Well, aside from telling us that you're an IT professional, MineralMan Jul 2016 #26
MineralMan, please re-read.... Sivart Jul 2016 #27
And as much as this might make people's head explode Cosmocat Jul 2016 #8
Professional hackers, employed by a government, MineralMan Jul 2016 #4
Not sure where you are getting your information, but I do this for a living, and..... Sivart Jul 2016 #5
Same here. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #10
Those lovely NSA backdoors in routers, motherboards and OSes are such a wonderful thing. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #7
The thing is that the DNC's email system is mostly MineralMan Jul 2016 #12
Well, we cant have it both ways..... Sivart Jul 2016 #14
Well, see, the thing is that it's politics. MineralMan Jul 2016 #19
That's a good point. Mundane information is just that. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #20
According to the Sanders breach, they relied primarily on DNS/Firewall checking, which is infantile. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #18
Heck, I don't know. MineralMan Jul 2016 #23
It comes down to: How much to you want to spend and how much the IT contractor skims. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #28
This is the point i was trying to make.... Sivart Jul 2016 #24
Well the concern ymetca Jul 2016 #30
Hell, nixon's "plumbers" didn't even go after email. Brute force works, too. Cerridwen Jul 2016 #29
Why do you say they "apparently had no idea"? News that they were hacked came out over a month ago ContinentalOp Jul 2016 #31
Becasue if you read your own link...... Sivart Jul 2016 #33
I personally think they're fine, but that's just me. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2016 #32
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