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Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump
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Posted on 06/14/2016 8:34:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump

By Ellen Nakashima June 14 at 11:30 AM

Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach.

The intruders so thoroughly compromised the DNC’s system they also were able to read all e-mail and chat traffic, said DNC officials and the security experts.

The intrusion into the DNC was one of several targeting American political organizations. The networks of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were also targeted by Russian spies, as were the computers of some GOP political action committees, U.S. officials said. But details on those cases were not available.

A Russian Embassy spokesman said he had no knowledge of such intrusions.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: dnc; hack; hillary; oppo; russia; trump
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To: Biggirl

Not buying it. If theyre stupid enough to leave their system unprotected how in hell do they know the Russians did it. For that matter, how do we know they they were even hacked. This story doesn’t make a lot of sense. It doesnt make sense that it was put out to the public and it doesnt make sense that the russians would take research on Donald.


21 posted on 06/14/2016 8:51:52 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: Biggirl

Would not surprise me in the least.


22 posted on 06/14/2016 8:52:14 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Sub-Driver
The RNC system wasn't worth the effort.

-PJ

23 posted on 06/14/2016 8:56:26 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The Russkies “stole” the DNC’s information on Trump. After all the trouble they’ve had over Hitlery’s computers?


24 posted on 06/14/2016 8:58:32 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: StormEye

YEs, but they would still hack the system as an exercise to improve their capabilities and just to show they can.


25 posted on 06/14/2016 9:01:06 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: fightin kentuckian; Biggirl
This story doesn’t make a lot of sense. It doesnt make sense that it was put out to the public and it doesnt make sense that the russians would take research on Donald.

One must read between the lines.

The Dems want to spread some lies, but they don't want to do it themselves. So... they claim the Russians got into their database, and the Russians are(will be) spreading the lies.

They know most of their supporters will believe the lies, and for those who don't or can prove they are lies, the DEMS will just say the 'info' the Russians stole hadn't been completed vetted yet, so any inaccuracies are the fault of the Russians.

26 posted on 06/14/2016 9:01:13 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: fella

The DNC’s mistake was to not keep important information like this on Hillary’s private server. After all, we have been assured repeatedly by Democrats that no one was able to hack into that server.


27 posted on 06/14/2016 9:02:12 AM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Sub-Driver
Did they find Hillary's emails?

The Russian FSB (the successor to the Soviet-era KGB) was probably reading the contents of that private email server almost as soon as it was set up.

28 posted on 06/14/2016 9:03:08 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: UCANSEE2

true, this gives the ‘Rats license (they feel) to dump any and all lies about Trump into the media and the web..... they will just claim the Russians are doing it


29 posted on 06/14/2016 9:04:14 AM PDT by Enchante (No lipstick on the PIAPS!! #NeverSHRILLARY)
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To: Sub-Driver

Honestly, if Hillary wins then no country is safe... I dont blame any of these other countries for doing what they need to do.


30 posted on 06/14/2016 9:05:40 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: Biggirl

Who knows.

Russia has its own internal Islamic terrorist problems, so it might see a kindred spirit in Trump in fighting Islam.

Stability in the Middle East is good for Russia as well. Obama & Hillary gave us the current chaos in the Middle East (with a little help from W). Trump, again, seems like someone Russia could work with to stabilize the Middle East.

Hillary is stuck in the neocon/cold-war mind set. Russia bad; we must oppose Russia in every area. News flash: the Soviet Union is dead.


31 posted on 06/14/2016 9:09:04 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Hillary Clinton stood next to the coffin of an American soldier and lied to his parents' face)
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To: Sub-Driver

Hell, they need not have bothered.
All they needed was a subscription to WaPO, NYT and National Enquirer.....................


32 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Sub-Driver; SunkenCiv

Unfortunately, they have not only hacked DNC.


33 posted on 06/14/2016 9:11:22 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Sub-Driver

I don’t get it, they did not need to hack it the DNC would have provided it for free.


34 posted on 06/14/2016 9:13:15 AM PDT by usurper (Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
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To: Sub-Driver

Washington Post is busy today.


35 posted on 06/14/2016 9:16:45 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Buckeye McFrog
" The fact that the WaPo was STOOOOOPID enough to ask says SO much!! "

They were actually asking for some of the info so they could keep writing hit pieces on Trump.

36 posted on 06/14/2016 9:16:48 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Sub-Driver

>Did they find Hillary’s emails?

Find ‘em. How do you think the Russians found the DNC password so easily? /s

1-2-3-4-5. That’s amazing! That’s the same combination to my luggage. /2x-semi-s


37 posted on 06/14/2016 9:18:21 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: usurper
I don’t get it, they did not need to hack it the DNC would have provided it for free.

A DNC with Madame Benghazi as its face? Oh, no doubt they would have willingly provided anything that was hacked, but most definitely not for 'free'...

the infowarrior

38 posted on 06/14/2016 9:21:33 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: COBOL2Java

No, that’s Weiner

Dressed like Huma


39 posted on 06/14/2016 9:25:23 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#BoycottTarget Women & children hurt the most. #BoycottPGA.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Proof positive that Russian agents also vacuumed up every spec of data on Crooked Hillary’s homebrew email server, thus placing a deliberate compromise of U.S. security right at the feet of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.


40 posted on 06/14/2016 9:32:11 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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