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Breach cripples Ohio Secretary of State's site
Computerworld ^ | October 21, 2008 c | Gregg Keizer

Posted on 10/21/2008 12:20:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

It's the latest incident targeting Jennifer Brunner, who has criticized e-voting

October 21, 2008 (Computerworld)

The Web site of Ohio's secretary of state was shut down after it was hacked Monday, according to the site and local media reports. The site was later restored, but with only limited functionality.

Tuesday morning, the site devoted to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner still displayed a terse notice of the breach. "Due to security concerns experienced by the Secretary of State's website, full functionality of the website has been suspended to protect the integrity of state records and data," the message read. "Full functionality will be restored when we are assured that all data has been protected and restored to acceptable levels of security."

Brunner's communications office did not respond to questions this morning about the hack and the current status of the site.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Brunner, a Democrat, has been under fire from state Republicans, who have challenged some of her election directives.

The incident is only the most recent involving Brunner's office. Ohio's State Highway Patrol is also investigating a suspicious package that was delivered to her office last week, as well as threatening phone calls and e-mails, the newspaper reported yesterday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: acorn; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; ohio2008; ohiovotefraud; voterfraud

1 posted on 10/21/2008 12:20:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The Democrats must have a great “Hacking Seminar” to teach their minions how to hack.

Hopefully, they will catch and prosecute who ever did this.


2 posted on 10/21/2008 12:27:08 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hmmmm. McCain takes the lead in Ohio and suddenly the web page is hacked. What is this DemocRAT SOS trying to hide?


3 posted on 10/21/2008 12:28:08 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hopefully Ohioans will be able to bring down this SecState as effectively as hackers brought down her website.


4 posted on 10/21/2008 12:29:53 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

one word: backups.


5 posted on 10/21/2008 12:42:58 PM PDT by George Smiley (Palin is the real deal.)
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To: George Smiley
one word: backups.

According to Biden, that would probably be "five letters:"
6 posted on 10/21/2008 12:51:21 PM PDT by beezdotcom
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To: beezdotcom

Good thing Biden doesn’t do UNIX.

That’d be a Real Scary Thought.


7 posted on 10/21/2008 12:56:12 PM PDT by George Smiley (Palin is the real deal.)
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To: hiredhand

I’d expect more of these attacks before the 4th ........


8 posted on 10/21/2008 12:57:43 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: bigbob

This not a pubbie dirty trick. It is a dem dirty trick. Does anyone remember who actually set fire to the Germany’s Reichstag and how that, among other things, brought joy to the world in the form of one Adolph Hitler. Just more excuses for the Ohio SofS not to do her job.


9 posted on 10/21/2008 1:36:42 PM PDT by dools007
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To: Squantos
I’d expect more of these attacks before the 4th ........

My thoughts exactly!
10 posted on 10/21/2008 4:05:46 PM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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