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To: John Robinson
The CISA press release is: "PSA: Just So You Know: DDoS Attacks Could Hinder Access to Election Information, Would Not Prevent Voting" (link).

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure, or adjacent infrastructure that support election operations, could hinder public access to election information but would not impact the security or integrity of election processes."

"These low-level attacks, which are expected to continue as we approach the 2024 U.S. general election, could disrupt the availability of some election-related functions, like voter look-up tools or unofficial election night reporting, during the election cycle but will not impact voting itself. Threat actors may falsely claim that DDoS attacks are indicative of a compromise related to the elections process as they seek to undermine confidence in U.S. elections. In recent years, DDoS attacks have been a popular tactic used by hacktivists and cyber criminals seeking to advance a social, political, or ideological cause."

The computers nationwide used to run voting are secure (🀞). Other computers used for voter registration or news reporting, internet forums, are not as secure. This is a business as usual warning LEO's frequently release. By itself, it is not that big a deal.

Post #8, that's a big deal. The Gateway Pundit's "We Caught Them!" series covered the 2020 steal. The Democrats are not going to stop using all the tricks that worked so well for them last time.

11 posted on 08/03/2024 9:30:44 AM PDT by Widget Jr (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Trump 2024 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ)
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To: Widget Jr
Yup, and note that a DDoS isn't difficult to pull off given access to very large botnets on the darknet, rentable on the cheap, only requires a [stolen] credit card number. There exists accelerationists that want to kick off the great civil war that could easily pull this off with just a tiny bit of expertise.

I saw this on 𝕏, almost dismissed it, then thought... oh... OH... that could be bad.

And that's striving to give this administration, and this corrupt government, the benefit of doubt. Incredulous as that may be.

12 posted on 08/03/2024 9:41:14 AM PDT by John Robinson (🍺)
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