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struggle4progress

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Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:36 PM Jun 2019

Russian hacking in Durham NC?

By Mona Tong and Rose Wong | 06/25/2019

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating the equipment — provided by a company allegedly targeted by Russian hackers — used in Durham County during the 2016 election.

On Election Day in 2016, certain voting machines malfunctioned by incorrectly telling voters they had already cast their ballot, leading affected polling stations to switch to paper poll books, according to the Washington Post. The equipment also asked some people for photo identification, which was not legally required at the time. This snafu created lengthy delays and led some precincts to extend voting hours ...

In 2017, a leaked National Security Agency report suggested that a Russian hacking campaign targeted VR Systems—the election software company that provided Durham’s machines—and sent malicious emails to about 120 local government offices.

Furthermore, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report revealed that the Russian military intelligence agency installed malware on the network of an unidentified "voting technology company" ...

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/06/durham-russian-hacking-election-homeland-security-machines-2016

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Russian hacking in Durham NC? (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2019 OP
We know the election was stollen. We know machines were hacked ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #1

ProudLib72

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1. We know the election was stollen. We know machines were hacked
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:43 PM
Jun 2019

What we want to know is, What the ever living fuck are you going to do about between now and November 2020?

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