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In reply to the discussion: Anyone still think DU was crashed on election night by some random 400 lb hacker? [View all]Cryptoad
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Anyone still think DU was crashed on election night by some random 400 lb hacker? [View all]
Xipe Totec
Sep 2017
OP
"It could have been 400 lbs - but no one really knows for sure. It's all sides"
dalton99a
Sep 2017
#1
More like they didn't want us watching them and posting about any irregularity or returns early on
lunasun
Sep 2017
#28
Sigh. Sometimes that stratospheric IQ lends itself to single-focus obsessiveness...
Hekate
Sep 2017
#62
the hack was extremely juvenile in its content, but well executed in its structure... script kiddies
Raster
Sep 2017
#89
But the Russians have been all over 4 Chan and Reddit for the longest time..
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#84
I think it was the hackers who dumped to Wikipedia, and who fooled with election systems. Russia.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#17
Malcolm Nance the ex CIA/navy guy mentioned Du on Stephanie Miller show today
kimbutgar
Sep 2017
#40
It was only fitting that they did that after 8 YEARS of trolling and dividing us right here
ecstatic
Sep 2017
#45
I and many others spent the entire 8 years hiding in the BOG. Other sites were started...
Hekate
Sep 2017
#66
I thought that too, until I read that article about them trolling Linked In groups-
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#86
I knew right away it was hacked to help Trump. The timing was just too convenient.
C Moon
Sep 2017
#59
Why would they even take the time to hack DU when there's little to no benefit in doing so?
Xipe Totec
Sep 2017
#69
True, but I find it interesting that you mentioned "cross-chatter on 4-Chan and some gun sites"
Henry Krinkle
Sep 2017
#81
Interesting. MM there was also another hack here more recently. What do you think about that one?
Madam45for2923
Sep 2017
#87