JUST IN: Russian govt. cyber actors unsuccessfully attempted to hack 2016 election results in WI

[octoberlib]

Link to tweet

JUST IN: “Russian government cyber actors” unsuccessfully attempted to hack 2016 election results in Wisconsin, DHS tells state officials

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[kacekwl]

1. I wonder how many of the states affected went to trump. N/T

[octoberlib]

5. 21 States were hacked but it's up to each state as to whether they want to release that info.

So far, WA and CT also said they were hacked. GA, LA and NC weren't. http://www.npr.org/2017/09/22/552956517/ten-months-after-election-day-feds-tell-states-more-about-russian-hacking?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

[Blue_Tires]

2. Greenwald was unavailable for comment

[octoberlib]

6. LOL, Oh, he'll tweet "nothing to see here" shortly, along with an explanation as to why

this doesn't prove anything.

[Greybnk48]

3. Unsuccessfully my ass. I think they meddled in Wisconson

and Walker would allow it. He got a huge donation from the Russians.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

[octoberlib]

4. I had the same thought.

[brush]

11. Yep, somebody hacked just enough votes to swing the EC to trump.

A red herring about a red state, we aren't buying it.

[LonePirate]

7. I wonder if they based that on IP location because there are ways to mask that.

I'm sure DHS has (some of) the most sophisticated electronic forensic teams on the planet. Still, there are ways to hide one's online origin.

While this report is mildly comforting, it's nowhere near convincing enough to make me think a successful hack didn't happen somewhere. It's not like a bank account was emptied or a system was held captive by ransomware. We may honestly never know if the Russians (or agents of Russia located outside that country or agents from another nation besides Russia) pulled off the hack of the century.

[Ms. Toad]

8. Misleading headline: The article is about voter registration, not election results.

[Eko]

10. Yup,

Gotta get those clicks!!!! Who cares if it's stretching. Disgusting.

[procon]

9. Which political commentator or politician will be the first person to

call out Trump as an illegitimate president?

[mopinko]

12. bad headline, and

they are saying it was unsuccessful because they assume they wanted to change something. maybe they were just after the data, copied it, and they were happy.
they are defining success in a way that works for them.