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FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems
YAHOO News ^ | August 29, 2016 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 08/29/2016 7:42:23 AM PDT by maggief

The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks, prompting the bureau to warn election officials across the country to take new steps to enhance the security of their computer systems, according to federal and state law enforcement officials.

The FBI warning, contained in a “flash” alert from the FBI’s Cyber Division, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News, comes amid heightened concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about the possibility of cyberintrusions, potentially by Russian state-sponsored hackers, aimed at disrupting the November elections.

Those concerns prompted Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to convene a conference call with state election officials on Aug. 15, in which he offered his department’s help to make state voting systems more secure, including providing federal cyber security experts to scan for vulnerabilities, according to a “readout” of the call released by the department.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cybersecurity; election; election2016; electionsystems; fbi; fraud; hacking; voterfraud; votingmachines
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1 posted on 08/29/2016 7:42:23 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

This will be the biggest voter fraud in the history of the world.


2 posted on 08/29/2016 7:44:07 AM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~TrumpÂ’s got this, Barry. Go back to your golf game.)
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3 posted on 08/29/2016 7:44:20 AM PDT by Fido969 (Maybe I';ve been posting for the last 10 years, and rather than spew cr@p you could look up my posts)
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To: maggief

It’s “who counts the votes,” eh, comrade?


4 posted on 08/29/2016 7:44:32 AM PDT by henkster
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To: maggief

Has Trump been blamed yet?


5 posted on 08/29/2016 7:45:55 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: maggief

OMG. Doesn’t Soros own the companies somehow related to election machines?

No wonder Hillary isn’t running around like a nut campaigning, they all ready stole the thing.

I’m sick.


6 posted on 08/29/2016 7:46:35 AM PDT by Trumplican
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To: maggief

“Those concerns prompted Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to convene a conference call with state election officials on Aug. 15, in which he offered his department’s help to make state voting systems more secure, including providing federal cyber security experts to scan for vulnerabilities, according to a “readout” of the call released by the department”

Oh, NOW I feel better. /S/


7 posted on 08/29/2016 7:48:05 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: maggief

Maybe the hacking reports are true, maybe not. It sure is convenient to have these incident now to emphasize the offer of “help” from the DHS. The DHS could keep the hacking in house so to speak and assure Federal control.


8 posted on 08/29/2016 7:48:11 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: maggief

It may be a good thing. Maybe the foreign hackers will fix the funny stuff the RATS already hacked.


9 posted on 08/29/2016 7:48:52 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: ColdOne
"This will be the biggest voter fraud in the history of the world."

From the article:

But six states and parts of four others (including large swaths of Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in this year’s race) are more vulnerable because they rely on paperless touchscreen voting, known as DREs or Direct-Recording Electronic voting machines, for which there are no paper ballot backups.

10 posted on 08/29/2016 7:49:51 AM PDT by maggief
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To: ColdOne

[This will be the biggest voter fraud in the history of the world.]

I say count the ballots by hand.


11 posted on 08/29/2016 7:50:55 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: maggief

Paper Ballots!


12 posted on 08/29/2016 7:51:23 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: Cowboy Bob
And purple fingers!

-PJ

13 posted on 08/29/2016 7:53:06 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.From Foxnews, May 31,)
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To: maggief

Well, it’s not like Obama has given up US control of the internet or anything. What, wait?


14 posted on 08/29/2016 7:53:33 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: maggief
Those concerns prompted Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to convene a conference call with state election officials on Aug. 15, in which he offered his department’s help to make state voting systems more secure, including providing federal cyber security experts to scan for vulnerabilities,

"Hey Vito, tell dis here shop owner that he needs to pay us $100 a week so we can "protect" him from criminals who might demolish the shop or hurt his family."

15 posted on 08/29/2016 7:53:48 AM PDT by BwanaNdege
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“potentially by russians?” Irresponsible scare mongering. No evidence, but blame Russians anyway because Hillary started blaming Russians for every conspiracy


16 posted on 08/29/2016 7:56:10 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: maggief

Of course the feds bring up the “possibility of cyberintrusions, potentially by Russian state-sponsored hackers.” Then if Trump wins, even by a landslide, they can swoop in and claim it was due to Russian hackers, and Obama can declare the election null and void.


17 posted on 08/29/2016 7:56:52 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: ColdOne; hoosiermama; onyx; LucyT; kristinn; Jane Long; NIKK
But six states and parts of four others (including large swaths of Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state in this year’s race) are more vulnerable because they rely on paperless touchscreen voting, known as DREs or Direct-Recording Electronic voting machines, for which there are no paper ballot backups.

https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_equipment_by_state

Alabama Paper ballot
Alaska Paper and DRE with paper trail
Arizona Paper and DRE with paper trail
Arkansas Paper and DRE with and without paper trail
California Paper and DRE with paper trail
Colorado Mail
Connecticut Paper ballot
Delaware DRE without paper trail
Florida Paper and DRE without paper trail
Georgia DRE without paper trail
Hawaii Paper and DRE with paper trail
Idaho Paper and DRE with paper trail
Illinois Paper and DRE with paper trail
Indiana Paper and DRE without paper trail
Iowa Paper ballot
Kansas Paper and DRE with and without paper trail
Kentucky Paper and DRE without paper trail
Louisiana DRE without paper trail
Maine Paper ballot
Maryland Paper ballot
Massachusetts Paper ballot
Michigan Paper ballot
Minnesota Paper ballot
Mississippi Paper and DRE with and without paper trail
Missouri Paper and DRE with paper trail
Montana Paper ballot
Nebraska Paper ballot
Nevada DRE with paper trail
New Hampshire Paper ballot
New Jersey DRE without paper trail
New Mexico Paper ballot
New York Paper ballot
North Carolina Paper and DRE with paper trail
North Dakota Paper ballot
Ohio Paper and DRE with paper trail
Oklahoma Paper ballot
Oregon Mail
Pennsylvania Paper and DRE without paper trail
Rhode Island Paper ballot
South Carolina DRE without paper trail
South Dakota Paper ballot
Tennessee Paper and DRE without paper trail
Texas Paper and DRE without paper trail
Utah Paper and DRE with paper trail
Vermont Paper ballot
Virginia Paper and DRE without paper trail
Washington Mail
Washington D.C. Paper and DRE with paper trail
West Virginia Paper and DRE with paper trail
Wisconsin Paper and DRE with paper trail
Wyoming Paper and DRE with paper trail
Source: Verified Voting, “The Verifier - Polling Place Equipment - Current,” accessed October 7, 2015

18 posted on 08/29/2016 7:56:58 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Translation: “The excuse will be ‘foreign hackers.’”


19 posted on 08/29/2016 7:57:41 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: maggief

Ah, here we go - if Trump wins it’ll be cuz the Russians rigged the voting!!!! Hillary will get a mulligan until she wins


20 posted on 08/29/2016 7:57:48 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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