Russian Hackers Targeted Nearly 1/2 of States Voter Registration Systems, Successfully Infiltrated 4
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Source: ABC News
"Nearly half of the states in the U.S. have recently had their voter registration systems targeted by foreign hackers, and four of those systems have successfully been breached, sources tell ABC News.
That amount of targeting and actual infiltration into state election-related systems is significantly larger than the U.S. government has been willing to acknowledge.
Hackers working on behalf of the Russian government are suspected in the onslaught against more than 20 state election systems, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
"There's no doubt that some bad actors have been poking around," FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Wednesday, without offering any more specifics."
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-hackers-targeted-half-states-voter-registration-systems/story?id=42435822
"There's no doubt that some bad actors have been poking around," FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Wednesday, without offering any more specifics."
NRaleighLiberal
(61,696 posts)ShakeWell
(28 posts)This article was from Sept. 26th, but the link just came up again through my twitter feed. Thought I'd share it. Unreal.....
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Can we have a do over, then???
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)At what point will they determine that the election was "rigged" and what do we do now? Obviously, we need as much of this information to come out ASAP before the electoral college votes, etc, and they know what specific states/counties are the most important for deciding the outcome, so we just have to hope they find the right stuff and put the truth out there.
geomon666
(7,519 posts)ShakeWell
(28 posts)Like I said above, the story is making rounds on the twitter machine again, so I thought I'd share.
Also, after the election and the FBI/Comey issue, it's interesting to see him talk about 'bad actors' in our election back then.
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