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Russia Targeted All 50 States in 2016 Election Hacking Campaign, Senate Report Confirms

posted by martyb on Friday July 26 2019, @11:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-looking? dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

Russian hackers probed election systems in all 50 states, a new Senate report confirmed Thursday.

The report comes one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller told Congress that the Russian government is working to meddle in U.S. elections "as we sit here."

"It wasn't a single attempt," Mueller said Wednesday of Russia's 2016 election interference. "They're doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign."

The bipartisan report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released Thursday confirmed previous comments by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Russian hackers scanned election systems in all 50 states ahead of the 2016 presidential election. DHS initially acknowledged Russian attempts to hack into election systems in just 21 states.

Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election hacking campaign, Senate report confirms

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @12:34AM (6 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @12:34AM (#871683) Journal

    Yes. They will be fighting voterID tooth and nail.

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  • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Saturday July 27 2019, @12:52AM (2 children)

    by Entropy (4228) on Saturday July 27 2019, @12:52AM (#871691)

    You can't have actual citizens voting, afterall.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by ikanreed on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:56AM (1 child)

      by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:56AM (#871791) Journal

      Someday the blood libel you write to destroy democracy will come back for you. You know you're lying, I know you're lying, but we still have to pretend like there's some hope of political dialog with you.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @07:04PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @07:04PM (#872056)

        This is why republicans have been jumping ship like crazy for 15 years.

  • (Score: 2) by stretch611 on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:50AM (2 children)

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:50AM (#871853)

    Who needs voterid...

    After all, in North Carolina we proved that screwing with absentee ballots can be effective ways to get the republican elected. (As long as you don't get caught.)

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    Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P

    • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:05PM (1 child)

      by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:05PM (#871912) Journal

      I'm not a Republican. I just don't think that if you need an ID to buy a pack of smokes/beer or get a job or get government benefits, it's such a great burden to protect the integrity of the vote.

      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:58PM

        by VLM (445) on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:58PM (#871939)

        Comparing the oversight for jury duty to voting is also insightful.