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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:29 PM Dec 2015

TIME: Sanders Campaign’s Breach of Clinton Data More Serious Than Disclosed

http://time.com/4155185/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-data/

"Bernie Sanders’ campaign’s breach of Hillary Clinton’s voter data may have been more extensive than previously reported, according to a person with knowledge of investigation.

According to data reviewed by TIME, the Sanders campaign appears to have obtained files with lists of voters that the Clinton campaign had cultivated in 10 early states including Iowa and New Hampshire.

Beyond simply reviewing the data, the logs show the Sanders staffers took deliberate steps to harvest and store the information. According to the logs, the Sanders staff created from scratch no fewer than 24 lists—consisting entirely of data pulled down from the Clinton campaign’s database—and saved them to their personal folders.

The logs show the Sanders campaign accessed the Clinton data for nearly one hour beginning around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday. The Sanders staffers were apparently able to view unique voter information along with accompanying information about how likely the voters were to vote for the various candidates, crucial information that the Clinton campaign has likely spent millions of dollars to collect."

A bit more at the link above ....
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Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
1. "...according to a person with knowledge of investigation..."
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:31 PM
Dec 2015

DWS...is that you?

Here is the deal...it's simple contact law: Either the DNC had this remedy available under the written contract or they did not. The contract is on line. Why don't you give us a link to where the DNC had the option they took.

Jarqui

(10,925 posts)
2. Not a major breach according to the software vendor:
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:31 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251913960
"a one page-style report containing summary data on a list was saved out of VoteBuilder by one Sanders user. This is what some people have referred to as the “export” from VoteBuilder. As noted below, users were unable to export lists of people."


... who should know a heck of a lot better than Time

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
4. FWIW I am just learning about the situation and didn't see the TIME article under discussion
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:33 PM
Dec 2015

so I added the info here. Also tried to edit the above to note that, and it kept asking me for a subject?

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
6. Time's just protecting their investment.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:38 PM
Dec 2015
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Agony

(2,605 posts)
8. I don't know when that contribution was made but
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:47 PM
Dec 2015

Time Inc (i.e. Time Magazine/time.com) was spun off from TimeWarner on 6th June 2014. not that their respective boards may be still incestuous…?

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
20. As noted in the other response, Time may not be part of Time Warner anymore.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:38 PM
Dec 2015

So take it with a grain of salt.

joshcryer

(62,536 posts)
7. Well any doubts that it was just snooping and idiocy are gone.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:40 PM
Dec 2015

It sounds like an intentional data dump made by people acting in bad faith.

I was wrong with my speculation that it was just people being stupid.

This sucks. This won't be over until everyone involved is fired.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
9. And how much of the Sanders campaign data was accessed? None? C'mon
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:53 PM
Dec 2015

Nobody's that dumb. This will backfire. It's Hilly's people who run the DNC.
ETA: first it was 30 minutes, then 40 minutes, now, according to Time (a Hillary contributor)
it's nearly an hour.

 

That Guy 888

(1,214 posts)
13. This A.C.O.R.N. redux is really ugly
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:16 PM
Dec 2015

Sanders campaign notifies the DNC vendors of vulnerabilities in October, the vendor doesn't fix them, and then blames Sanders campaign.

boston bean

(36,961 posts)
17. It was fixed. This is a different database.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:24 PM
Dec 2015

They said nothing to the dnc about this database.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
18. And then we're expected to believe a "Time" article - the same Time magazine that held a vote for
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:30 PM
Dec 2015

their person of the Year, Bernie runs away with the vote, yet they make someone else Person of the Year. Yeah, we'll believe Time magazine - NOT. They're CORRUPT from the inside out.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

AND - pay no attention to the FACT that NGP VAN CEO is Stu Trevelyan, who worked in Clinton's 1992 WAR ROOM and went on to work in the CLINTON WHITE HOUSE did nothing wrong here.

Not only that, NGP VAN founder, Pearlman, worked on HRH's 2008 campaign! We're expected to believe nothing Nefarious went on with this NGP VAN software. BULLSHIT.

a kennedy

(36,348 posts)
15. Aaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhh........the NEXT news cycle can't get here fast enough.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 08:23 PM
Dec 2015

and I wonder what the debate is going to be like tomorrow......

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