Homeland Security Chief- Need to Protect Voting Systems from Cyber Crime
Homeland Security Chief Wants Voting Systems Declared "Critical
Infrastructure” To Be Protected From Election Day Cyber Attack
“Critical Infrastructure”, as per The Department of Homeland Security: 16 systems and services “so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.”
On Wednesday, Jeh Johnson, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, stated that he is considering adding America’s Electronic Voting Systems to the list of 16 systems and services which are now classified and deemed to be “Critical Infrastructure”. Secretary Johnson’s concern is that there could be a possible cyber attack on America’s E-Voting systems in the November election.
Secretary Johnson stated that President Barack Obama’s administration was considering how to institute voter protections in the 9,000 jurisdictions around the country, citing the “vital national interest” in the electoral process. The secretary said he has already contacted state and local officials to discuss “best practices” to fight off hacking attempts.
Well, it looks like somebody is finally paying attention to the internet based, electronic attacks on America’s voting systems, so far in this voting cycle. The publicized hacks/attacks on the voting rolls in Brooklyn, Arizona, and Riverside County, in California, are most likely a harbinger of what is to come. My feelings are that they were test runs to see what they can do and get away with, and to do research on the tracing abilities, or lack of, to find the attackers. I strongly believe that there will be a major attack on large voting systems come November. And no, these attacks were not done to undermine Bernie. The attacks were real, the reasons were real, and so will be the future attacks.
So, after 16 years of attacks and destruction of any sort of election integrity on the American Voting/Election system, what do the State officials who are supposed to safeguard election integrity have to say on this subject?
Let’s go to the spokesperson for the National Association of Secretaries of State, Kay Stimson, who had this to say: “that it’s hard for the country’s voting system to be attacked online because each state governs its own process, while 60 percent of the states hold audits after every election.”
And :
“It’s also important to point out that our election systems are not Internet-based systems,” said Stimson. “They are closed systems.”
Guess what, Shtumie Stimsom, they are fucking computers !!!!
Then why are they hacked? And why is this SoS Association so oblivious and unconcerned about the recent attacks?
And, in 2016, how can anyone having even a minimal amount of work with computers make public pronouncements that hacking and cybercrime are not a threat to any and all computers everywhere?
Who is this person fooling?
It is prudent to note that amongst this fine, distinguished group of America’s Secretaries of State, there are the likes of Kris Kobach of Kansas, and John Husted of Ohio. Both of these men are at the forefront of destroying any semblance of integrity of the American election system, and could not give a good flying fuck about voting system security.
These Secretaries of State, and hundreds of County Registrars of Voters have absolutely no interest in election integrity and security. Their interest is to undermine, subvert, and destroy the American election system.
The statement from the SoS Association reminds me of the various California county registrars of voters whom we encountered when I was active fighting e-voting in California. Some were dumb as nails, most were totally unconcerned about system security, almost all were totally under the spell of the venders’ reps. They believed any line of shit laid on them (and I do not mean the good definition of ‘laid”). That is why our group was devoted to get Debra Bowen elected to SoS of California. That is also why we went after L.A. County Registrar of Voters Connie McCormack, the most influential RoV in America, and we got rid of her.
What we have now in America is a Cyber Crime based voting/election system, which purposely and intentionally exist for the sole purpose of Election Fraud, hacking, and Tabulation Manipulation. And there exists a whole group of powerful elected officials, see the SoS Association, who are committed and dedicated to perpetuating this Cyber Crime based system.
It is our job, now that we know that the current Administration is aware of this, especially the Dept. of Homeland Security, to raise hell and awareness on this issue. If you belong to local Dem clubs, go to your meetings, and when elected officials appear before these groups, raise this issue,
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his is not like 12 years ago when people thought we were nuts. When I raise this, I get a lot of attention. You all should do the same. Make this an issue, make it a campaign and policy issue.
Article source:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/homeland-security-voting-systems-should-be-fortified-as-critical-infrastructure-to-guard-against-hacks/
