BREAKING: FBI Says Hackers Breached U.S. Election Systems

Law Newz ^ | 8/29/2016 | Rachel Stockman

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

The FBI is sending out a warning that two local state election boards were breached by foreign hackers. This comes amid increasing concerns from Donald Trump supporters about the possibility of a “rigged” election. Several news outlets are reporting that the hacking occurred in Arizona and Illinois.

In a bulletin the FBI wrote:

The FBI received information of an additional IP address, 5.149.249.172, which was detected in the July 2016 compromise of a state’s Board of Election Web site. Additionally, in August 2016 attempted intrusion activities into another state’s Board of Election system identified the IP address, 185.104.9.39 used in the aforementioned compromise.

According to investigative reporter Michael Isikoff from Yahoo News, the breach in Illinois forced the state to shut down the voter registration system for ten days after hackers got about 200,000 voters’ personal information. The Arizona attack involved malicious software that also targeted the voter registration system. A state official said the hackers were not successful in obtaining the data.

“We need to have paper based voting with meaningful post election audits that are software independent,” filmmaker Jason Smith recently told LawNewz.com, who recently produced the new documentary I Voted? To read more about the country’s vulnerability, read our previous in-deth piece on this subject.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Hmmm.

[hsmomx3]

I wonder if this is the set up for BO to take control of the elections. Why AZ? I live there and have not heard about this until now.

[xzins]

This could be Obama’s gambit to declare martial law.

With a contested election he could declare himself the last democratically elected president who will remain until ‘honest’ elections can be held.

I saw another recent article about the administration’s interest in hacking voting machines.

[arl295]

Holy cow, that is my IP address!

/s

[silverleaf]

Laying the groundwork for Obama’s DHS legion to take over the federal election system just in time for November

[gunnyg]

Semper Mr. TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!
*****

[Bogie]

Paper ballots only.

[butlerweave]

Jeh Johnson offered his department’s help to make state voting systems more secure

To rig them more like

[CygnusXI]

Oh... here we go..

[Biggirl]

....Or after a revolt begins.

[ImNotLying]

And purple ink for your finger!

[dfwgator]

IT’S THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!

/s

[rovenstinez]

reminds me of a famous quote of Josef Stalin, that it isn’t the VOTES that count, but WHO is counting the votes.

[dsrtsage]

If it favors demonrats nothing will come of it
If it favors conservatives, the world record for speediest gallows construction will surely be toppled

[SamAdams76]

“We need to have paper based voting with meaningful post election audits that are software independent,”

This can't be stressed enough.

I hope that the Trump campaign jumps all over this and pushes the message that we must have a way to do a re-count that involves paper backup.

I agree that there is potential for fraud with paper ballots as well but relying completely on electronic/software as backup is ridiculous.

[Yo-Yo]

I’m not worried. My IP address is 192.168.1.1.

[Scooter100]

Pencils, paper ballots, and purple-inked fingers. If Soros has turned us into a third-world nation.....we might as well vote like they do.

[Tenacious 1]

Why Arizona?

It gives cover for the next “problem”. See, it won’t be the democrats. It will be a “foreign” intrusion. What difference will it make as long as the democrats aren’t linked to it. The election will only be considered fraudulent if the the dems lose. Otherwise, “nothing to see here”.

[DoughtyOne]

It is interesting to note that in these cases no evidence was found of vote manipulation.  Still, a breach of the system is concerning.  More concerning is that Democrats have access to voting booths.  ":^)


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[knarf]

Except them foreigners are American democrat/socialists paid by Soros.