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ShakeWell

(28 posts)
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:06 PM Nov 2016

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."
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Russian Hackers Targeted Nearly 1/2 of States Voter Registration Systems, Successfully Infiltrated 4 (Original Post) ShakeWell Nov 2016 OP
Projection, there, Comey! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2016 #1
ikr! ShakeWell Nov 2016 #2
ah... yes. I remember the story now. Forgot that it was ahalf of the states Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #4
Indeed Comey, add yourself to the list Equinox Moon Nov 2016 #7
WTF!!!!? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #3
That's the billion dollar question...what if? what if? what if? cbdo2007 Nov 2016 #6
This is from September n/t geomon666 Nov 2016 #5
yeah, but... ShakeWell Nov 2016 #8
OK for GD, but it's to old for LBN Brother Buzz Nov 2016 #9
Not LBN BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #10
Locking OKNancy Nov 2016 #11

NRaleighLiberal

(61,696 posts)
1. Projection, there, Comey!
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:08 PM
Nov 2016

ShakeWell

(28 posts)
2. ikr!
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:11 PM
Nov 2016

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)
4. ah... yes. I remember the story now. Forgot that it was ahalf of the states
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:19 PM
Nov 2016

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
7. Indeed Comey, add yourself to the list
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 06:16 PM
Nov 2016
 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
3. WTF!!!!?
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:18 PM
Nov 2016

Can we have a do over, then???

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
6. That's the billion dollar question...what if? what if? what if?
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:25 PM
Nov 2016

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)
5. This is from September n/t
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:24 PM
Nov 2016

ShakeWell

(28 posts)
8. yeah, but...
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 06:26 PM
Nov 2016

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.

Brother Buzz

(39,698 posts)
9. OK for GD, but it's to old for LBN
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 06:30 PM
Nov 2016

Review the rules before posting in LBN.

BumRushDaShow

(167,109 posts)
10. Not LBN
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 06:39 PM
Nov 2016

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
11. Locking
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 06:50 PM
Nov 2016

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