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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Hackers from the Dutch intelligence service AIVD have provided the FBI with crucial information about Russian interference with the American elections. For years, AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacker group Cozy Bear. That's what de Volkskrant and Nieuwsuur have uncovered in their investigation.
It's the summer of 2014. A hacker from the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD has penetrated the computer network of a university building next to the Red Square in Moscow, oblivious to the implications. One year later, from the AIVD headquarters in Zoetermeer, he and his colleagues witness Russian hackers launching an attack on the Democratic Party in the United States. The AIVD hackers had not infiltrated just any building; they were in the computer network of the infamous Russian hacker group Cozy Bear. And unbeknownst to the Russians, they could see everything.
That's how the AIVD becomes witness to the Russian hackers harassing and penetrating the leaders of the Democratic Party, transferring thousands of emails and documents. It won't be the last time they alert their American counterparts. And yet, it will be months before the United States realize what this warning means: that with these hacks the Russians have interfered with the American elections. And the AIVD hackers have seen it happening before their very eyes.
The Dutch access provides crucial evidence of the Russian involvement in the hacking of the Democratic Party, according to six American and Dutch sources who are familiar with the material, but wish to remain anonymous. It's also grounds for the FBI to start an investigation into the influence of the Russian interference on the election race between the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Translated by: Lisa Negrijn
It's quite an interesting read.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2018, @04:59PM (2 children)
For this discussion, it's totally irrelevant what the Constitution or the wider law says.
The system as currently set up is brittle and reactionary.
Voting in an election is, as with every human interaction, a question of how society's resources should be allocated; why should this question be answered by giving unequal minds an equal say? Why should people who have made poor choices for society get as much of a say as people who have made good choices for society?
We actually have a really good system for choosing how much say a person should have over society's resources: Capitalism. The better your choices, the more say you have, and the worse your choices, the less say you have. Perhaps, then, as much of government as possible should be re-configured to work under capitalism instead of democracy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2018, @07:55PM
Capitalism: the system that has resulted in sequestering humanity's wealth into the hands of the few. Said wealth is then used to purchase legislation, which is obviously a branch of corruption not Capitalism, therefore any problems resulting from Capitalism will be ignored because REASONS!
Get help you troll, stop trying to spread your Putin fanboi-ism.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 29 2018, @09:36PM
Were you born this way or was it a lifestyle choice? I am genuinely curious.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...