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Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said.
[...] The new details, buttressed by a classified National Security Agency document recently disclosed by The Intercept, show the scope of alleged hacking that federal investigators are scrutinizing as they look into whether Trump campaign officials may have colluded in the efforts. But they also paint a worrisome picture for future elections: The newest portrayal of potentially deep vulnerabilities in the U.S.'s patchwork of voting technologies comes less than a week after former FBI Director James Comey warned Congress that Moscow isn't done meddling.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @06:49AM (8 children)
Or doubting it because there's no actual evidence of vote tampering and the 8 states without a paper trail will have one next time around. Meanwhile another group of people doubt illegals voted despite their being actual evidence. Makes you think.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Lagg on Friday June 16 2017, @07:51AM (3 children)
God for a tech site that loves 1984 you guys really can be dumb bastards sometimes.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Wootery on Friday June 16 2017, @09:27AM (2 children)
Thing is, the dumb bullshit on this site is damn near always posted as AC. It's almost as if they know they're writing bullshit.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @12:07PM (1 child)
Let's see what TFA says:
Translation: "no vote tampering". Everyone knowledgable has been ragging on electronic voting since it was first introduced, yet for some reason there are still 8 states without a paper trail. If you want to protect the sanctity of the electoral system, you must prevent non-citizens from voting. [washingtontimes.com]
If "dumb bullshit is always posted as AC", you should login more often. The rest of us are fine.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Friday June 16 2017, @06:55PM
Heh, sanctity of the electoral system? Where have you been for the last decade you silly goose. Also, AZ is one of these states [thinkprogress.org]. I can tell you right now they have no reason whatsoever as a republican state to do that. They're just corrupt and disorganized. Another truth murika doesn't like facing and is easier to blame muh illegals and muh aliums and muh murslims on.
By the way, related to my above post and speaking of little bitches: Trump made the ultimate bitch move of deflecting the burden of firing someone onto his employees. And people think he's a businessman? He a lil' bitch
P.S. I don't like border hopping either. Illegal entrants need to settle their due at some point. But I am not going to fucking be upset by 1.8K people voting out of millions. When those millions have no better knowledge or competency than the illegal entrant in question.
God, you guys suck at your own articles because you overreach whenever that fear shit starts running down your legs.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @03:37PM
Can't blame them for trying though. If the Russians had paid off Mexico to move from being a semi-fucked up US satellite, to being a semi-fucked up Russian satellite, the US would be hopping mad and take over Cabo San Lucas.
Or just regime change the Mexican presidency.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @04:07PM (2 children)
Citation needed. And neither stormfront nor breitbart will cut it, I'm afraid.
Yeah, I'm thinking a whole lot of things right now. Care to guess what some of those thoughts might be?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @11:15PM (1 child)
Yeah! You tell him, Liberal Champion of the Oppressed! That guy needs to provide evidence, but all websites are disqualified if you don't like them! That's how you win an argument! Automatic disregard of anyone you don't like, regardless of the evidence! Soros loves you!
(Score: 2) by J053 on Saturday June 17 2017, @01:07AM
Just what in the actual fuck is the cause of the hardon so many on the right have for George Soros? OK, he started MoveOn.org - so what? He's just some moderately-wealty dude who has decided to spend some of his money on political advocacy, but to hear the righties tell it, he's a Nazi Collaborator (he was 15 in 1945) who is striving for world domination. Kinda like a bunch of folks on the left feel about Sheldon Adelson and the Kochs.
I'm frankly more concerned about Robert Mercer and his influence via Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway (and others) on the upper reaches of the US Government, but what do I know?