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Related: About this forumThe DNC Can’t Blame This One On Bernie – Russian Hackers Have Had Access To DNC Server For A YEAR!
Does anyone remember the massive hubbub that surrounded the Democratic party back in late 2015 when it was revealed that a Bernie Sanders staffer had accessed the DNC voter database?
Establishment elites ran around like headless chickens while Sanders quickly apologized and the staffer was removed from the campaign. Then the DNC overcorrected and barred one of the two Democratic candidates from having access to key voter information as a overzealous punishment.
Well all of that sounds pretty funny with the breaking news that the DNC has been an open book for Russian hackers for nearly a year now.
The group of elite hackers have also attempted to access other important government files and databases, but they struck gold when they gained access to the DNCs server, particularly obtaining a wealth of information on the Democratic partys opposition information on Donald Trump.
In addition to gaining a massive amount of Trump information, the hackers also were able to read all email and chat traffic during their perusing.
Democrat Darling (/s) Debbie Wasserman Schultz had this to say about her failure as DNC chair:
When we discovered the intrusion, we treated this like the serious incident it is and reached out to CrowdStrike immediately. Our team moved as quickly as possible to kick out the intruders and secure our network.
Yeah, we bet you did, Debbie Dear.
We already knew that the DNC was a massive embarrassment, but this is just too much to bear. Weve been calling for an overhaul of the party for months, but now its a case of someone needing to take the fall for this massive error in security.
Establishment elites ran around like headless chickens while Sanders quickly apologized and the staffer was removed from the campaign. Then the DNC overcorrected and barred one of the two Democratic candidates from having access to key voter information as a overzealous punishment.
Well all of that sounds pretty funny with the breaking news that the DNC has been an open book for Russian hackers for nearly a year now.
The group of elite hackers have also attempted to access other important government files and databases, but they struck gold when they gained access to the DNCs server, particularly obtaining a wealth of information on the Democratic partys opposition information on Donald Trump.
In addition to gaining a massive amount of Trump information, the hackers also were able to read all email and chat traffic during their perusing.
Democrat Darling (/s) Debbie Wasserman Schultz had this to say about her failure as DNC chair:
When we discovered the intrusion, we treated this like the serious incident it is and reached out to CrowdStrike immediately. Our team moved as quickly as possible to kick out the intruders and secure our network.
Yeah, we bet you did, Debbie Dear.
We already knew that the DNC was a massive embarrassment, but this is just too much to bear. Weve been calling for an overhaul of the party for months, but now its a case of someone needing to take the fall for this massive error in security.
http://trofire.com/2016/06/14/dnc-cant-blame-one-bernie-russian-hackers-access-dnc-server-year/
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2184606
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The DNC Can’t Blame This One On Bernie – Russian Hackers Have Had Access To DNC Server For A YEAR! (Original Post)
w4rma
Jun 2016
OP
That is one inept data center. Will the next revelation be stolen credit info for 25M DNC donors?
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#7
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)1. must have been those emails and the server in Hillary's basement.
djean111
(14,255 posts)2. Oh, I am sure they are working on doing just that.
Seriously.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)3. Duplicate.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)4. Thank you for posting this - I don't know how to do links and
I feel strongly this is important. We heard unrelentlessly when Bernie got into the DNC database and yet the Russians are in and Crickets....not one word!
Amazing to me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html
https://twitter.com/search?q=russia+hacks+DNC&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Enews%7Ctwgr%5Esearch
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)5. What are the Ruskies going to do, send me a vote for Putin flyer?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)6. Yes indeed this is the gang we want to handle 'national security'...
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)10. Are you and
your idiotic emoticons really comparing the DNC to the US government and expect to be taken seriously?
TheBlackAdder
(28,182 posts)7. That is one inept data center. Will the next revelation be stolen credit info for 25M DNC donors?
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)8. Maybe not. But your glee is noted.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)11. "My glee"? I take no glee in watching my predictions come true. (nt)
randome
(34,845 posts)9. This is all just more of the same from you guys.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)12. No way
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)13. I wonder if Snowden knew about this.
It would be odd if he didn't.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)14. Which means they probly have RNC data too.