[Tench_Coxe]

How did they get the packet captures?

[Spirit of Liberty]

Another thread here. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3983740/posts

[humblegunner]

How did they get the packet captures?

Probably Taco Bell.

I've captured a whole drawer full of their Fire Sauce packets.

[MMaschin]

I believe that the PCAPs came from the same webservcice that was used by the media. We all saw a few examples, like the GOV race in KY where votes appeared to flip. This was written off as a 'glitch'. It wasn't, it was just timing.

The vote counts go to the Scytl servers to be distributed to the media. But, besides that, they also determine where votes are required to be flipped. They send a request to voting system to update it's counts, and then when confirmed, they update the count sent to the media. This takes a little bit of time. If you request the count just before and just after the change, it will be obvious, as it was in those 'glitches'.

I believe they simply hammered the webservice to get the data. If they are able to get data quicker than the servers are able to determine and update then they will get results pre/post the update process. If you get enough data the changes will be obvious.

With this data they should be able to see exactly where all the changes were made. With this data you should be able to know EXACTLY where to look for the requests from the servers to update the counts.