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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: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday June 17 2017, @08:29AM
Let me guess, absolutely no evidence of collusion with the Trump campaign or evidence that the Russian government had anything to do with this at all? Or wait, maybe the attacks originated from Putin's laptop which was revealed to be running Windows 7 without the latest updates (Only available in Windows 10! Get your Free* upgrade today!) which had a Guy Fawkes mask wallpaper on it.
I am also curious which locations' machines were hacked, and which were not. If Blue counties and states were attacked exclusively, it shows some clear motive but is still not evidence of collusion with Trump's campaign, however if voter registration data was deleted from Red areas or areas that are well mixed, this doesn't really stand out to me as anything other than a group of people wanting to mine some personal information to pair with others to form complete profiles which could be used for identity theft, and all of the (completely justified) bitching and moaning leading up the election about how insecure digital voting machines and systems are gave them some ideas about what they could sell to others who would pay for it, maybe their own Russian government, maybe the government of Saudi Arabia, who would much rather have had their lapdog in office.
From TFA
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