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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDNC calls FBI after detecting attempt to hack its voter database
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The Democratic National Committee contacted the FBI on Tuesday after it detected what it believes was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into its voter database, a Democratic source tells CNN.
The DNC was alerted in the early hours of Tuesday morning by a cloud service provider and a security research firm that a fake login page had been created in an attempt to gather usernames and passwords that would allow access to the party's database, the source said.
The page was designed to look like the access page Democratic Party officials and campaigns across the country use to log into a service called Votebuilder, which hosts the database, the source said, adding the DNC believed it was designed to trick people into handing over their login details.
The source said the DNC is investigating who may have been responsible for the attempted attack, but that it has no reason to believe its voter file was accessed or altered.
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DNC calls FBI after detecting attempt to hack its voter database (Original Post)
sunonmars
Aug 2018
OP
We will have to rely on tech companies to prevent Hacking of mid-terms as the govt
HipChick
Aug 2018
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. We will have to rely on tech companies to prevent Hacking of mid-terms as the govt
aint doing sweet fuck all about it...
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)2. Ask TAD
Autumn
(45,120 posts)3. Do you ever ask yourself why he hasn't been indicted yet?
The pins and needles must be excruciating.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)6. Mueller has a long list. I'm a patient person. Mueller has it all.
Your mockery is noted.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. Please share Mueller's long list since you claim to be in the know.
Mockery? Aren't you eager to get to the bottom of this?
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)8. You could just ask TAD. He knows.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)9. I don't need to ask him. If he were in on it the FBI would already
have been on it from the last DNC hack. I would think that would have been a priority. YMMV.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)10. You don't know that they aren't now. But TAD knows
Bye Autumn.
Enjoy your day
Autumn
(45,120 posts)12. I remember the released report concluded that Russian President
Vladimir Putin personally ordered the hacking of the DNC and e-mails from key staffers in order to damage Hillary Clintons candidacy. There was some talk of it being an insider at the time but never verified. Tad Devine is not a DNC insider is he? I am very much enjoying my day.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/2/17164266/trump-russia-mueller-email-hackings-dnc-clinton
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)4. The Russian FBI In New York Or The Regular FBI
Which one?
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)5. Access to Votebuilder would be a big deal.
nycbos
(6,038 posts)11. Indeed.
I have worked on campaigns in six states. You use Votebulider on a daily basis.