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Five years ago, Vladimir Putin publicly fumed that the US was interfering with internal Russian politics. He felt that the US emboldened local protestors by claiming that the 2012 Russian elections (which he won with more than a 46 point margin) were rigged. It's been said he's seeking payback by discrediting American elections. Not necessarily to help one candidate over another (Putin has said "We don't back anyone – it's not our business"), but to throw the legitimacy of US elections into doubt the same way he believes the US delegitimatized his landslide victory of 2012.
We've been told that hacking the vote would be difficult due to the wide variety of locally implemented voting systems. But that doesn't necessarily apply to state-level voter registration databases. Introducing minor amounts of errors, even just 1% of the total records could cause chaos on election day. If 1 in every 100 voters is turned away from the polls, that would have enormous repercussions on the election, far greater than the hanging chads had in Florida. There have already been reports of the exfiltration of registration data in two states and attacks on registration systems in another 20 states.
Now a white hat hacker has demonstrated just how easy it is to modify registration data in Indiana using only publicly available data.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Saturday October 15 2016, @03:11AM
and are the Russians the 'scape goat'?
Hillary and the CIA bring up "it's the Russians". Maybe it's the Hillary, but blame it on Trump and his Ruskie ties, yep!
Maybe it's Hillary AND Donald.
Or just the CIA?
Or some fat guy on a couch.
It used to be the Chinese... or North Koreans. Now that Putin is doing bad, it's the Russians..... and they wonder why we don't believe ANYTHING the U.S. government says.
The American government (and it's secret government) just. need. to. die.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 15 2016, @03:13AM
I'd like some FUD with my MUD, then I can just be a BUD with some SUDS.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 15 2016, @03:56AM
You appear to be having an epistemological crisis.
Too much Trumping has convinced you that all statements are equally valid.
The end result of that logic is that all decisions will be made based on the feels, which in most humans, usually devolves into tribalism. And ironically, that appears to be your primary criticism of the FBI's analysis.