Reply #51: It wasn't their web site that got "hacked" (if anything did)

[BevHarris]

supposedly someone hacked into their network and nabbed the VoteHere source code. And then, started shopping the source code around, trying to send it to activists.

Any time we are sent "tips" and files, we have to be aware that they could be what's called a "honey pot" -- a trap. Honey pots can be simply fake information -- go public with it and they expose you and discredit everything else you say. Or, a honey pot can contain a trojan horse or a virus. A honey pot can also be the digital equivalent to a dropsy gun or planting a packet of white stuff on you -- they find it on your computer and say you have "stolen" property and you get busted.

There were a couple things that got my antennas way up, when the "hacker" came forward trying to peddle "VoteHere source code" to me. Actually, about a dozen things. You learn to listen to your instincts. And besides, who cares about VoteHere source code anyway? Even if it was leaked, not hacked, I wouldn't have wasted any time on it.

This story smells, and I'd love to see it boomerang right back.

Bev