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highplainsdem

(48,917 posts)
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:26 PM Dec 2016

U.S. election agency breached by hackers after November vote

Source: Reuters

The U.S. agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards was itself penetrated by a hacker after the November elections, according to a security firm working with law enforcement on the matter.

The security firm, Recorded Future, was monitoring underground electronic markets where hackers buy and sell wares and discovered someone offering log-on credentials for access to computers at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, company executives said.

Posing as a potential buyer, the researchers engaged in a conversation with the hacker, said Levi Gundert, vice president of intelligence at the company, and Andrei Barysevich, director of advanced collection.

Eventually they discovered that the Russian-speaking hacker had obtained the credentials of more than 100 people at the election commission after exploiting a common database vulnerability, the researchers said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-hack-commission-idUSKBN1442VC

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Maraya1969

(22,462 posts)
5. Is this why the recounts are not valid? Because I thought they would do something to fuck it up
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:44 PM
Dec 2016

A hack is not complete until you provide for means to hack whatever is trying to discover you.

And someone said to me, "Don't worry, there are people watching the recounts"

It is not that simple anymore. It will never be that simple anymore

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
8. This country really needs to do the paper ballot and eyeball counting
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 12:41 AM
Dec 2016

and to start, lets void this so called election and redo it.

This is just amazing...................

We can spend billions on defense but we can't spend money on a voting system with integrity, we have to use a machine, when a pencil or pen and paper would be enough, we do not need to have media wanting to use an exit poll to call a state

Again this is just amazing.............

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
12. And we don't need a concession speech
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:07 PM
Dec 2016

by midnight of Election Day. If we can wait for official review to ensure a football game is called correctly, we can wait a few days until we get good election results.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
14. WE are the only country that has made voting into a spectator sport
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 01:22 AM
Dec 2016

by calling an election to a winner by some exist poll, that is totally flawed. And by "pollsters" that had no clue.

Michael Moore said a long time ago that this fascist narcissistic serial predator was going to win, and a lot of the MSM except Bill Maher and those reporters on Free Speech laughed at him winning, now they are trying to "normalize" the BS, if you watch look at what toodles does on MTP and, what is really deplorable is that sixty minutes hasn't said anything about what is happening for the last three weeks there programs have been BS

This is the only country that has in essence made a total mockery of majority rule by a vote, the sensationalism of the cable and the MSM to create defacto dictatorship based on how many commercials could be fit in during a debates that did not speak about issues, but personalities and no policy issues, not one question about climate change, not one.

As we speak we have a missing U.S. Supreme Court justice, and now I have to call into question, that the right wing fascists that is going to put in that seat, should I as a citizens obey his or her rulings, my answer is no, they are going to be a a illegitimate justice.

When the fascist republicans did what they did, from that moment moving forward this country went from a republic to a banana republic.

And yes I agree with you, this country has until the 13th of December to certify the vote in its present form, eyeballs and a paper ballot would accomplish this system.

It has now been bastardized by the media to have it called in one night, because of this, this is in my opinion voter suppression is enabled by this form of greed, it is not a democracy

WE are if you don't mind me saying it , 65 million voters that won the majority are going to be screwed, by 62 million that lost, based on a states rights issue of equality of the electoral college.

The National Memo had this to say:

https://www.nationalmemo.com/will-electoral-college-save-us/



This hypocrite, serial predator is not my president, and as soon as democrats come to this fact the better off we will be




turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
18. Your welcome ........................
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 11:42 AM
Dec 2016

we should be pissed off pardon the expression, this "normalizing", the public has not heard "one word" of that word from the cable or MSM

Again whom ever this serial predator appoints is not legitimate and 65 million of us had better be prepared to meet this fascists regime head on, or a lot of people are going to be dead.

This may sound extreme, but I truly believe that he will sell states secrets for a profit, for example on the paint coating on the F22 and F-35 which makes it stealth, and also the radar information codes.

This jerk is going to confront a communist regime that just took a U.S. underwater glider in the open waters, what will this ass**** do



He is not my president and as soon as the media let this be known, and treat him as such, they will neutered this serial predator


turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
19. Your welcome
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 11:47 AM
Dec 2016

He is not our president, he is a serial predator, now that the media dropped that fact off the radar screen .



Again he is not my president and he needs to treated as such


suffragette

(12,232 posts)
13. And how do we know others didn't do that either? They discovered this because he was trying
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:33 PM
Dec 2016

To sell the info.

Others could have breached it, but not advertised that they did.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
17. Probably did, but seems we are only entitled to half truths. Can't expose the Manchurian. nt
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:12 AM
Dec 2016
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