Posted on 10/30/2020 3:06:35 PM PDT by blueyon
Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party intended for President Donald Trump's reelection effort, state party officials confirmed to ABC News Thursday. "Cybercriminals, using a sophisticated phishing attack, stole funds intended for the re-election of President Trump, altered invoices and committed wire fraud," Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt said in a statement.
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What’s sophisticated phishing?
DNC?
Someone fell for it.
An email suggesting you provide account i for that actually looks legit.
Stupid staff fell for it.
“Stupid staff” is quite accurate. You’d think the staff would know not to believe any solicitation from “Nigeria” (for example) ... everyone who has owned a computer since the 1990s knows this!
This is war! Turn about is fair play. All’s fair...
Hope that they catch the thieves. FBI will get right on that. “They always get their man” /s
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$2.3 million
Come on, how is it possible to lose $2.3 million in a hack? It is a huge F up or inside job. Something stinks here that is a lot of money for one state and it makes team Trump there look incompetent or worse.
The avenue in which these thieves pilfered the account was through billing statements from companies that the Wi. RNC deals with currently. What I can’t understand is how the electronic footprint should lead to someones front door ...no?
Ah, a fine clarification. Thanks ... I have no answer as to the footprint.
Donated by check, noticed this months credit card was charged 5 times in October totaling 410 dollars and counting. not related but Beware
“What’s sophisticated phishing?”
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Phishing that worked. The Wisconsin Republican Party would not like to admit that it was duped by unsophisticated phishing. However, an employee probably supplied a username and password in response to an email, or in response to a webpage linked in an email. Anyone ignorant enough to do such a thing should not have been trusted with the username and password.
Russians?
The bad spelling used to be a reliable giveaway.
Where is Miles Taylor?
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