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Showing Original Post only (View all)Russian Hacks on U.S. Voting System Wider Than Previously Known [View all]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections?fbclid=IwAR2hakrs8DpD-SMAq2EoxkLEbRGTxCJkpkxiouY7P_01yya7P8QmBto_jKERussias cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trumps election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said.
The new details, buttressed by a classified National Security Agency document recently disclosed by the Intercept, show the scope of alleged hacking that federal investigators are scrutinizing as they look into whether Trump campaign officials may have colluded in the efforts. But they also paint a worrisome picture for future elections: The newest portrayal of potentially deep vulnerabilities in the U.S.s patchwork of voting technologies comes less than a week after former FBI Director James Comey warned Congress that Moscow isnt done meddling.
In many states, the extent of the Russian infiltration remains unclear. The federal government had no direct authority over state election systems, and some states offered limited cooperation. When then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said last August that the department wanted to declare the systems as national critical infrastructure -- a designation that gives the federal government broader powers to intervene -- Republicans balked. Only after the election did the two sides eventually reach a deal to make the designation.
In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said.
The new details, buttressed by a classified National Security Agency document recently disclosed by the Intercept, show the scope of alleged hacking that federal investigators are scrutinizing as they look into whether Trump campaign officials may have colluded in the efforts. But they also paint a worrisome picture for future elections: The newest portrayal of potentially deep vulnerabilities in the U.S.s patchwork of voting technologies comes less than a week after former FBI Director James Comey warned Congress that Moscow isnt done meddling.
In many states, the extent of the Russian infiltration remains unclear. The federal government had no direct authority over state election systems, and some states offered limited cooperation. When then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said last August that the department wanted to declare the systems as national critical infrastructure -- a designation that gives the federal government broader powers to intervene -- Republicans balked. Only after the election did the two sides eventually reach a deal to make the designation.
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These HACKS, compounded with Deutsch Bank/putin, owning traitortrump, at some
empedocles
Jun 2019
#2
Of course it was. They don't fucking tell us anything in a timely manner.
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2019
#9
Too many were either misinformed or mal-informed. But in the end it was decided with election
triron
Jun 2019
#14
They changed vote tallies but probably not by attacking individual voting machines.
triron
Jun 2019
#13
You almost certainly never will. What you believe is exactly what corporate America
triron
Jun 2019
#23
THIS !!!! It's strange that the states she lost by razor thin margins were all VSM red states
uponit7771
Jun 2019
#46
"THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL"... another Electoral College victory but 15 million fewer votes
BamaRefugee
Jun 2019
#29
Exit polls had HRC winning Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Michigan was a tossup.
triron
Jun 2019
#44
Exit polls had Clinton winning electoral college - 23 of 25 state results skewed toward Trump
ElementaryPenguin
Jun 2019
#35