Posted on 08/29/2016 7:42:23 AM PDT by maggief
The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks, prompting the bureau to warn election officials across the country to take new steps to enhance the security of their computer systems, according to federal and state law enforcement officials.
The FBI warning, contained in a “flash” alert from the FBI’s Cyber Division, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News, comes amid heightened concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about the possibility of cyberintrusions, potentially by Russian state-sponsored hackers, aimed at disrupting the November elections.
Those concerns prompted Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to convene a conference call with state election officials on Aug. 15, in which he offered his department’s help to make state voting systems more secure, including providing federal cyber security experts to scan for vulnerabilities, according to a “readout” of the call released by the department.
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“Dingy Hairy tried to allude to Trump being to close to Putin.”
The #NeverTrump oholes here were fond of doing the same before their FRexit.
I DO NOT believe ONE WORD coming from the FBI offices, this department IS TOTALLY compomised!!!!! Clinton machine has SOMETHING on Comey!!!!
How convenient for the Democrats.
Now, when massive voter fraud is uncovered, they will be able to point at someone else.
Perhaps there is foreign involvement, but the Democrats are in it up to their ears. With or without collusion from the outside. Hold them accountable.
Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3464598/posts
Right you are. We saw this very thing coming about a week ago in various parts of the forum including ‘Digging Deep’:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2636478/posts?page=2130
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