Russian hackers breached a computer used by county elections officials in Arizona
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[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-is-investigating-foreign-hacks-of-state-election-systems/2016/08/29/6e758ff4-6e00-11e6-8365-b19e428a975e_story.html[/url]
[quote]Hackers targeted voter registration systems in Illinois and Arizona, and the FBI alerted Arizona officials in June that Russian hackers were behind the assault on the election system in that state.
The bureau told Arizona officials that the threat was “credible” and severe, ranking as “an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10,” said Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office.
As a result, Secretary of State Michele Reagan shut down the state voter registration system for almost a week.
It turned out that the hackers did not succeed in compromising the state system or even any county system, but rather had managed to steal the user name and password for one Gila County elections official.
Nonetheless, the revelation comes amid news that the FBI is investigating suspected foreign hacks of state election computer systems, and earlier this month warned states to be on the alert for intrusions.[/quote]
Who give a shit, it's all rigged anyways?
Who wants to bet that on Election Day about 50 million Democrats will find they're mysteriously missing from the voter rolls?
We already know from the Clinton and DNC hacks that the Russians are trying to meddle with the election. The thought of them or the Chinese directly tampering with our voting process, though, that's terrifying.
[QUOTE=hijacker;50970356]Who give a shit, it's all rigged anyways?[/QUOTE]
no its not. politics over gerrymandering aside, the US elections are not rigged
Can we just skip November and let Obama stay a little longer.
[QUOTE=Luni;50970397]Who wants to bet that on Election Day about 50 million Democrats will find they're mysteriously missing from the voter rolls?
We already know from the Clinton and DNC hacks that the Russians are trying to meddle with the election. The thought of them or the Chinese directly tampering with our voting process, though, that's terrifying.[/QUOTE]
A Russian kid once stole my Origin password.
OMG the Russian government must be infliltrating me.
oh, how you lived without Russian, we are always ready to help you.
[QUOTE=hijacker;50970356]Who give a shit, it's all rigged anyways?[/QUOTE]
are you seriously implying that a foreign hack of us election systems is not a problem
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;50971113]are you seriously implying that a foreign hack of us election systems is not a problem[/QUOTE]
The problems need to be addressed on our own turf first.
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