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"It could have been 400 lbs - but no one really knows for sure. It's all sides" dalton99a Sep 2017 #1
Tandem 200 lb hackers? Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #4
4 petite gal hackers AngryAmish Sep 2017 #42
No, I've always thought it was Putin. Coventina Sep 2017 #2
The god Emperor stuff is pure Warhammer40k. AngryAmish Sep 2017 #43
What's warhammer40k? BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2017 #75
A figure based table game AngryAmish Sep 2017 #76
The video had a distinct east-Europe vibe, IIRC... JHB Sep 2017 #92
Nope Corgigal Sep 2017 #3
I'm not sure they were totally unsuccessful Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #8
Yeah, true Corgigal Sep 2017 #12
Ditto davekriss Sep 2017 #55
This, totally this, including the Littlefinger reference. n/t ms liberty Sep 2017 #25
Petyr Baelish (spoiler alert) tclambert Sep 2017 #51
Interesting n/t emulatorloo Sep 2017 #53
More like they didn't want us watching them and posting about any irregularity or returns early on lunasun Sep 2017 #28
+1 n/t jaysunb Sep 2017 #44
+1 CentralMass Sep 2017 #56
I never thought that Skittles Sep 2017 #5
I never thought it either. lastlib Sep 2017 #32
That's exactly what I came here to say stopwastingmymoney Sep 2017 #58
Maybe a random 400-lb. Russian The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #6
Where was Christie at the time? ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #7
Trying to work his roku remote. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #9
Yeah, didn't think he had the skills to be a hacker nt ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #11
Sitting on his bed in New Jersey? Fozzledick Sep 2017 #13
in his mother's basement! Cryptoad Sep 2017 #63
How much do YOU weigh? Ellipsis Sep 2017 #10
Not enough to qualify as an internet meme. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #15
grin... well played. Ellipsis Sep 2017 #22
Side note - I had a brother who was a hacker and he did weigh over 300 lbs Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #29
All of us should strive to have such good friends Major Nikon Sep 2017 #37
I did live above this dude who was easily 400 lbs. Ellipsis Sep 2017 #39
Sigh. Sometimes that stratospheric IQ lends itself to single-focus obsessiveness... Hekate Sep 2017 #62
I miss Scott. I can't think about V for Vendetta and not think of him. davsand Sep 2017 #65
Maybe ask Trump that. He started the idea lunasun Sep 2017 #26
It was done by 4-chan contingent.... Raster Sep 2017 #14
You have some inside info you want to share? Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #19
There were people on 4-Chan at the time who were MineralMan Sep 2017 #70
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 thought it was Russia right away. unitedwethrive Sep 2017 #16
I think it was the hackers who dumped to Wikipedia, and who fooled with election systems. Russia. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #17
Never did. denbot Sep 2017 #18
It was the Ruskies. Heh. Nt BootinUp Sep 2017 #20
Only if it is some 400 lb hacker in Rmnicu Vlcea or the Altai region lunasun Sep 2017 #21
Ruskie co-ordinated assault on the free world. Dawson Leery Sep 2017 #23
No Comrade Xipe Totec. Not a Kremlin's chance in hell. democratisphere Sep 2017 #24
Chort! nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #27
Vpolne mozhet byt'. democratisphere Sep 2017 #33
I DON'T weigh 400 pounds A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #30
We round to the nearest hecapound. Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #31
Good to know A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #41
Negative. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #34
The question is what user data was obtained. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #35
None that matter at this point, frankly. MineralMan Sep 2017 #82
No.. defacto7 Sep 2017 #36
No reason to believe they won't try again in 2018. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #38
They're probably always trying, frankly. MineralMan Sep 2017 #85
Malcolm Nance the ex CIA/navy guy mentioned Du on Stephanie Miller show today kimbutgar Sep 2017 #40
I heard that too. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #46
It was only fitting that they did that after 8 YEARS of trolling and dividing us right here ecstatic Sep 2017 #45
I honestly don't see that being so prevalent here. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #50
I and many others spent the entire 8 years hiding in the BOG. Other sites were started... Hekate Sep 2017 #66
Agreed kimbutgar Sep 2017 #52
We'll never catch him now customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #47
The same hackers elmac Sep 2017 #48
That video was painfully Stupid Russian. byronius Sep 2017 #49
Still do... LeftInTX Sep 2017 #54
I don't think we are that important. shanny Sep 2017 #57
I don't, either Rob H. Sep 2017 #67
A top rated news aggregate site with 3.2 million visits per month LanternWaste Sep 2017 #78
More trouble than it should be shanny Sep 2017 #90
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
Nope. We have enemies -- I just didn't think we had foreign enemies... Hekate Sep 2017 #60
Nope. That video was right out of Putin's troll factories. Warpy Sep 2017 #61
Kick. ♡ littlemissmartypants Sep 2017 #64
It wasn't the damn Rooskies Henry Krinkle Sep 2017 #68
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
LULZ. That's why. MineralMan Sep 2017 #71
Yep, that pretty much covers it. Henry Krinkle Sep 2017 #74
In their mother's basement (or elsewhere)? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #72
There was cross-chatter on 4-Chan and some gun sites immediately MineralMan Sep 2017 #73
From the screenshot of the edited video Henry Krinkle Sep 2017 #77
As I said, I passed along some specific links and posts. MineralMan Sep 2017 #80
True, but I find it interesting that you mentioned "cross-chatter on 4-Chan and some gun sites" Henry Krinkle Sep 2017 #81
I have no idea, and could make no sense of your links. MineralMan Sep 2017 #83
Interesting. MM there was also another hack here more recently. What do you think about that one? Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #87
I don't know. I didn't do any searching on that one. MineralMan Sep 2017 #88
I didn't buy that as soon as I couldn't get on DU lunatica Sep 2017 #79
Yes. scarletlib Sep 2017 #91
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