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Cloudflare is Giving Away Its Security Tools To US Political Campaigns
techcrunch ^ | 1/15/20 | zack whittaker/

Posted on 01/15/2020 7:39:26 AM PST by HangnJudge

Network security giant Cloudflare said it will provide its security tools and services to U.S. political campaigns for free, as part of its efforts to secure upcoming elections against cyberattacks and election interference.

The company said its new Cloudflare for Campaigns offering will include distributed denial-of-service attack mitigation, load balancing for campaign websites, a website firewall, and anti-bot protections.

(Excerpt) Read more at techcrunch.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; cloudflare; dds; election; internet; security; tech
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
1 posted on 01/15/2020 7:39:26 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

https://politics.slashdot.org/story/20/01/15/1426237/cloudflare-is-giving-away-its-security-tools-to-us-political-campaigns


2 posted on 01/15/2020 7:40:10 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: HangnJudge

Cool way to distribute spyware


3 posted on 01/15/2020 7:40:59 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Flick Lives

...Cool way to distribute spyware

My first thought


4 posted on 01/15/2020 7:42:06 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: HangnJudge

Ask Jim Watkins how trustworthy that company is.


5 posted on 01/15/2020 7:42:43 AM PST by sevlex
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To: HangnJudge

Is this company owned by Russia? Ukraine? China?


6 posted on 01/15/2020 7:43:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: HangnJudge

Cloudflare=DEM OPERATIVES
no joke
see Burisma “hack”


7 posted on 01/15/2020 7:44:26 AM PST by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: HangnJudge

Whenever someone is an expert on “election security”, that means they know how to steal elections.

Time to go back to paper and pencil—I wouldn’t trust any of those companies as far as I could throw them.


8 posted on 01/15/2020 7:44:33 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: HangnJudge
It’s a trap!
9 posted on 01/15/2020 7:47:45 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: HangnJudge

Fox, meet henhouse.


10 posted on 01/15/2020 7:49:13 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: liberalh8ter

...It’s a trap!

No Sh.t
https://www.cloudflare.com/galileo/

Cloudflare launched Project Galileo in 2014 as a response to cyber attacks launched against important, yet vulnerable targets, such as artistic groups, humanitarian organizations, and the voices of political dissent.


11 posted on 01/15/2020 7:51:32 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: HangnJudge

I work in cybersecurity - from compliance and policy to white hat hacking.

I am of the opinion that a campaign would be better off actually bringing on someone who has some experience, particularly in a highly regulated industry such as finance or energy.


12 posted on 01/15/2020 7:53:12 AM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: sevlex

... Ask Jim Watkins how trustworthy that company is.

8Chan?


13 posted on 01/15/2020 7:53:16 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: HangnJudge

Let me guess, it’s a subsidiary of CrowdStrike, right?


14 posted on 01/15/2020 8:00:14 AM PST by oil_dude
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To: sevlex
The reference to Jim Watkins provided an opportunity to use StartPage and dive into the stories about 8chan and Cloudfare.
Thanks.
15 posted on 01/15/2020 8:14:04 AM PST by ptsal
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To: HangnJudge

what could go wrong LOL


16 posted on 01/15/2020 8:15:03 AM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: HangnJudge
Who makes Cloudflare, (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.?).....Huawei is definitely a security threat.
17 posted on 01/15/2020 8:49:20 AM PST by yoe ( Look at the "Squad" is that the future anyone wants for America?)
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To: taxcontrol

“I am of the opinion that a campaign would be better off actually bringing on someone who has some experience, particularly in a highly regulated industry such as finance or energy.”

I missed this one. The RNC got hacked in 2018. LOL

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/nrcc-crowdstrike-dnc-hack/

Here is the FR link

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3710681/posts?page=1


18 posted on 01/15/2020 9:27:36 AM PST by EVO X
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