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In reply to the discussion: Are we in this position now because, [View all]neohippie
(1,142 posts)9. Are you saying you don't believe this story
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/u-s-intel-russia-compromised-seven-states-prior-2016-election-n850296
Another story about Russian Hacking
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/26/did-russia-really-hack-2016-election-088171
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 Clintons 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 doesnt 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.
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And, Servers discovered in Trump Tower that were connected to Alpha Bank in Russia
Quakerfriend
Sep 2021
#7
I can't see how it could have impacted the results, and that it was standard data mining
Amishman
Sep 2021
#15
Fair enough. Let's see how you like it when trump gets away with all this shit.
Paladin
Sep 2021
#11
Robert Mueller handed the DOJ the evidence of Trump's obstruction of justice.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2021
#10
You could not be more right, it has taken too long, he should be behind bars already
Escurumbele
Sep 2021
#13