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Microsoft uncovers more Russian attacks ahead of midterms (fake conservative website)
AP News ^ | Aug 21, 2018 | Matt O'Brien

Posted on 08/21/2018 5:21:03 AM PDT by dayglored

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To: cuban leaf

Sure it’s Russians. They did it to protect GEOTUS from the Mueller staff investigating meddling in 2016. They had Dem fake websites in 2016, donchyaknow.
/snerk


21 posted on 08/21/2018 6:31:24 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: dayglored

Has there never been hackers before? Have not criminals attempted to lure in suckers with false web addresses even before 2016?

“Why, yes, Alas, all the time. It’s been happening ever since Berners-Lee perfected html!”

I think articles like this are totally designed to put the bug in people’s head not to trust the election, especially election won by Republicans.

Note the quote by McCaskill. She’ll lose, and blame the Russians, you watch. Not that she might be out-of-step with Missouri voters, oh no! Couldn’t be! Her opponent should stop campaigning and let her win because, Russians, right?

The media and social networking gateways are killing the Republic right before our eyes.

The damage will last long after their “enemy” Trump is gone.

They just couldn’t get over Hillary’s lose. Screw the country for choosing “wrongly”.


22 posted on 08/21/2018 6:49:42 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: dayglored

What are the financial connections between Social Media, the Deep State, Corrupt Intelligence Officers, Congress and the MSM.


23 posted on 08/21/2018 7:30:30 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump's building an underground railroad... a path that leads to freedom, jobs, and dignity...)
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This whole area is where the unprovable meets the inconsequential.

People who seriously worry about Russian interference in elections are the political version of germophobes, they can never stop wiping counters and such.


24 posted on 08/21/2018 8:35:30 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (back in Canada, everything seems somehow so metric, must recycle talk later, sorry eh)
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To: dayglored
Russia... Russia... Russia... Russia... Russia... Russia... Russia... I tired to warn you :)
25 posted on 08/21/2018 8:59:53 AM PDT by upchuck (Election campaigns are a pain in the ass. Unless I win. Then it's a nice ego boost. ~ CongressmanX)
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To: dayglored

Microsoft should check out: cbs.com, nbc.com, abc.com, cnn.com, msnbc.com, pbs.org, npr.org etc.
Oh and do not forget: microsoft.com

Much collusion there.


26 posted on 08/21/2018 1:12:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: dayglored
Shouldn't fake Republican web sites be taken as an attempt to hurt the Republicans?

27 posted on 08/21/2018 1:31:26 PM PDT by Company Man (SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED)
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> Shouldn't fake Republican web sites be taken as an attempt to hurt the Republicans?

Yeah, you'd think...

28 posted on 08/21/2018 2:51:58 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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> Has there never been hackers before? Have not criminals attempted to lure in suckers with false web addresses even before 2016? ...

What you said. Exactly. It's about undercutting the elections through mistrust.

29 posted on 08/21/2018 2:53:52 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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> Microsoft should be working on a way to stop hackers in their tracks, not playing CIA.

The good guys (like Microsoft, difficult as it is to imagine) are necessarily always playing catch-up. You can make software robust, but you can't make it 100% secure. So the hackers always -- ALWAYS -- have the upper hand because they act and the good guys react.

Stop them in their tracks? Easier said than done. And in many cases, impossible.

30 posted on 08/21/2018 3:00:17 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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