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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRe- Election Hacking
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-how-to-hack-an-election/ :How to Hack an Election
Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade. He tells his story for the first time.
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When Peña Nieto won, Sepúlveda began destroying evidence. He drilled holes in flash drives, hard drives, and cell phones, fried their circuits in a microwave, then broke them to shards with a hammer. He shredded documents and flushed them down the toilet and erased servers in Russia and Ukraine rented anonymously with Bitcoins. He was dismantling what he says was a secret history of one of the dirtiest Latin American campaigns in recent memory.
For eight years, Sepúlveda, now 31, says he traveled the continent rigging major political campaigns. With a budget of $600,000, the Peña Nieto job was by far his most complex. He led a team of hackers that stole campaign strategies, manipulated social media to create false waves of enthusiasm and derision, and installed spyware in opposition offices, all to help Peña Nieto, a right-of-center candidate, eke out a victory.
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He has agreed to tell his full story for the first time, hoping to convince the public that hes rehabilitatedand gather support for a reduced sentence.
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On the question of whether the U.S. presidential campaign is being tampered with, he is unequivocal. Im 100 percent sure it is, he says.
Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade. He tells his story for the first time.
* * *
When Peña Nieto won, Sepúlveda began destroying evidence. He drilled holes in flash drives, hard drives, and cell phones, fried their circuits in a microwave, then broke them to shards with a hammer. He shredded documents and flushed them down the toilet and erased servers in Russia and Ukraine rented anonymously with Bitcoins. He was dismantling what he says was a secret history of one of the dirtiest Latin American campaigns in recent memory.
For eight years, Sepúlveda, now 31, says he traveled the continent rigging major political campaigns. With a budget of $600,000, the Peña Nieto job was by far his most complex. He led a team of hackers that stole campaign strategies, manipulated social media to create false waves of enthusiasm and derision, and installed spyware in opposition offices, all to help Peña Nieto, a right-of-center candidate, eke out a victory.
* * *
He has agreed to tell his full story for the first time, hoping to convince the public that hes rehabilitatedand gather support for a reduced sentence.
* * *
On the question of whether the U.S. presidential campaign is being tampered with, he is unequivocal. Im 100 percent sure it is, he says.
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Re- Election Hacking (Original Post)
snot
Apr 2016
OP
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)1. “I’m 100 percent sure he's right.
G_j
(40,367 posts)2. a must read. nt
mooseprime
(474 posts)3. and some of the home audience
is well aware of it. how can any american be OK with this every single election?
if only we had some sort of agency whose job it was to take care of this.
oh.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)4. ...so are the primaries...
vintx
(1,748 posts)5. What is a primary besides an opportunity to augment the illusion
that we the people are the ones picking the corporate approved candidate?
Between black box voting and the M$M, we the people do not have a chance.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)6. Worst kept secret in the world
:large
vintx
(1,748 posts)7. That win will always have an asterisk next to it.
intheflow
(28,497 posts)8. Just like Dubya!
One of her besties, and trusted advisor, like Kissinger.