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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:03 PM Aug 2017

Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions

Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions
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NPR -- August 10, 2017

When people in several North Carolina precincts showed up to vote last November, weird things started to happen with the electronic systems used to check them in.

"Voters were going in and being told that they had already voted — and they hadn't," recalls Allison Riggs, an attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

The electronic systems — known as poll books — also indicated that some voters had to show identification, even though they did not.

Investigators later discovered the company that provided those poll books had been the target of a Russian cyberattack.

There is no evidence the two incidents are linked, but the episode has revealed serious gaps in U.S. efforts to secure elections. Nine months later, officials are still trying to sort out the details.

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Russian Cyberattack Targeted Elections Vendor Tied To Voting Day Disruptions (Original Post) L. Coyote Aug 2017 OP

So disturbing. Durham's a Dem county, of course. octoberlib Aug 2017 #1

The targeting of the hacks points to who done it. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #2

It's funny to see Wheeler of all people cite Reality Winner Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #3

There's still a pretty good air gap in the argument. Igel Aug 2017 #4

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

1. So disturbing. Durham's a Dem county, of course.

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Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:14 PM

Aug 2017

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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

2. The targeting of the hacks points to who done it.

Reply to octoberlib (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:18 PM

Aug 2017

And that the results are rigged!

Not that the fixed result wasn't already obvious enough.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

3. It's funny to see Wheeler of all people cite Reality Winner

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:20 PM

Aug 2017

when her buddies Greenwald and Scahill pissed all over the leaks and the stupid, half-assed sacrifice she made to get them to the Intercept...

Oh, and I'm still waiting for Greenwald/Scahill/Snowden to quit denying the obvious...

Igel

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4. There's still a pretty good air gap in the argument.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 06:59 PM

Aug 2017

They'll check it out, but it's a disturbing trend to let suspicion fill in for a gap in the facts.

No, we don't know that the attack on VR Systems did.

We don't know that the attack changed anything sent to the Durham BOE.

In fact, they have a plausible and sufficient explanation.

What doesn't help is that "poll book" is usually used to indicate the data, while here it's used to indicate the system that handles the data. Subbing in "voter registration system" makes it seem a bit different.

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