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Russian Hackers Are Blackmailing Liberal Groups!
IWB ^ | Pamela Williams

Posted on 03/06/2017 10:45:17 AM PST by davikkm

In one instance, a group which funds protests against Trump is being blackmailed by Russian hackers. Terrible! BULLET POINTS: Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins! Center for American Progress said to be among victims! The FBI and private security firms are in the process of investigating the hacking of Progressive Liberal Groups. At least a dozen groups have faced extortion attempts since the U.S. presidential election, said the people, who provided broad outlines of the campaign. The ransom demands are accompanied by samples of sensitive data in the hackers’ possession.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blackmail; hackers; liberal; russian
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To: davikkm

I certainly hope President Trump will protect the rights of these liberal organizations . . . with all the enthusiasm that Barack Hussein Obama showed for protecting my God-given rights to freedom of religion and to keep and bear arms.


21 posted on 03/06/2017 2:05:55 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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