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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReminder: Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets of Russian Hacking
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Reminder that Paul Ryan's SuperPAC also used material stolen by Russian intelligence against Dem candidates
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Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets of Russian Hacking
By ERIC LIPTON and SCOTT SHANE
December 13, 2016
WASHINGTON South Florida has long been a laboratory for some of the nations roughest politics, with techniques like phantom candidates created by political rivals to siphon off votes from their opponents, or so-called boleteras hired to illegally fill out stacks of absentee ballots on behalf of elderly or disabled voters.
But there was never anything quite like the 2016 election campaign, when a handful of Democratic House candidates became targets of a Russian influence operation that made thousands of pages of documents stolen by hackers from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington available to Florida reporters and bloggers.
It was like I was standing out there naked, said Annette Taddeo, a Democrat who lost her primary race after secret campaign documents were made public. I just cant describe it any other way. Our entire internal strategy plan was made public, and suddenly all this material was out there and could be used against me.
The impact of the information released by the hackers on candidates like Ms. Taddeo in Florida and others in nearly a dozen House races around the country was largely lost in the focus on the hacking attacks against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clintons presidential campaign. But this untold story underscores the effect the Russian operation had on the American electoral system.
More: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/house-democrats-hacking-dccc.html
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Reminder: Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets of Russian Hacking (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2017
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MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. another snip...
After Mr. Garcia defeated Ms. Taddeo in the primary using the material unearthed in the hacking, the National Republican Campaign Committee and a second Republican group with ties to the House speaker, Paul Ryan, turned to the hacked material to attack him.
In Florida, Guccifer 2.0s most important partner was an obscure political website run by an anonymous blogger called HelloFLA!, run by a former Florida legislative aide turned Republican lobbyist. The blogger sent direct messages via Twitter to Guccifer 2.0 asking for copies of any additional Florida documents.
In Florida, Guccifer 2.0s most important partner was an obscure political website run by an anonymous blogger called HelloFLA!, run by a former Florida legislative aide turned Republican lobbyist. The blogger sent direct messages via Twitter to Guccifer 2.0 asking for copies of any additional Florida documents.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)2. Rachel is talking about this now.
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