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neohippie

(1,142 posts)
9. Are you saying you don't believe this story
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:44 AM
Sep 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/u-s-intel-russia-compromised-seven-states-prior-2016-election-n850296

The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials.

Top-secret intelligence requested by President Barack Obama in his last weeks in office identified seven states where analysts — synthesizing months of work — had reason to believe Russian operatives had compromised state websites or databases.

Three senior intelligence officials told NBC News that the intelligence community believed the states as of January 2017 were Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin.

... The officials say systems in the seven states were compromised in a variety of ways, with some breaches more serious than others, from entry into state websites to penetration of actual voter registration databases.



Another story about Russian Hacking



https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/26/did-russia-really-hack-2016-election-088171

Russian hackers targeted the Florida election company VR Systems as part of its campaign to disrupt the 2016 election, possibly opening a gateway to compromise voting on Election Day. Three years later, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about what occurred. We've put together a timeline to track what we know occurred and what is still unknown.

2016

March-April: Russian hackers attack Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. May: The DNC and DCCC learn about the attack and discover theft of thousands of emails.

June: The hackers release some of the emails and documents and begin targeting state boards of elections, breaching Illinois’ voter registration database. The FBI privately warns state election boards about potential attacks against voter-registration databases.

June 14: The Washington Post breaks the DNC hack story.

Mid-July: Hackers steal data on 500,000 Illinois voters.

Aug. 15: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tells state election officials in a phone call about cyber threats against election-related sites. Aug. 18: The FBI issues a flash alert about suspicious web traffic from eight IP addresses. It doesn’t mention Russia

Aug. 24: Russian hackers send phishing emails to VR Systems, based in Tallahassee, Florida.

Aug. 30: VR Systems experiences an election-reporting mishap during the state primary in Broward County, Fla., when preliminary vote totals get posted live before the election ends.
I don't believe we've had election rigging in 2016 or 2020 Amishman Sep 2021 #1
2016 , I do duforsure Sep 2021 #2
And, Servers discovered in Trump Tower that were connected to Alpha Bank in Russia Quakerfriend Sep 2021 #7
Putin was a factor, but he didn't single-handedly "elect" Chump FakeNoose Sep 2021 #8
+1 StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #3
Are you saying you don't believe this story neohippie Sep 2021 #9
+1 Lokee11 Sep 2021 #14
I can't see how it could have impacted the results, and that it was standard data mining Amishman Sep 2021 #15
IN the second story about Durham NC neohippie Sep 2021 #17
Nationally, no. Not at all Amishman Sep 2021 #19
disagree... neohippie Sep 2021 #20
According to Mueller they did a lot more than messing with Durham NC neohippie Sep 2021 #21
Not requiring tax and business forms before applying for the job. kentuck Sep 2021 #4
They say anger is one of the steps which lead to the acceptance of grief. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #5
While I do believe TFMF should be locked up, ECL213 Sep 2021 #6
Fair enough. Let's see how you like it when trump gets away with all this shit. Paladin Sep 2021 #11
+1 CrispyQ Sep 2021 #16
Good manners and play-nice rules will be the death of Democrats. Paladin Sep 2021 #24
Robert Mueller handed the DOJ the evidence of Trump's obstruction of justice. Lonestarblue Sep 2021 #10
The day newdayneeded Sep 2021 #12
You could not be more right, it has taken too long, he should be behind bars already Escurumbele Sep 2021 #13
There is more than one way to skin a cat. dchill Sep 2021 #18
Things we know (or suspect) but can't prove MyMission Sep 2021 #22
Justice delayed is justice denied. hay rick Sep 2021 #23
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