Knock it off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGP_VAN

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152093250975723&set=pb.587125722.-2207520000.1450483614.&type=3&theater

But, none of that matters, anyway. The vendor fucked up. The Sanders campaign used responsible disclosure to point that out and the DNC blamed the Sanders campaign rather than the vendor.

The vendor needs to be fired.

http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/293643104/Sanders-Campaign-Audit-Sheet-1

They exploited a known vulnerability that they had reported to the vendor.

The vendor did nothing, so, when it happened again, the Sanders teams took steps to document it.

The Sanders campaign named the queries things like "Not Sanders" because they were documenting the vulnerability.



I think you need to go read this thread and expand your understanding of technology and data breaches.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251915620

"Just one problem: NGP VAN says they were never alerted to such a problem, and in interviews on Friday afternoon, the former Sanders data director, Josh Uretsky, says the glitch being referred to wasn’t even with the VAN. It was a different program. So not only did the Sanders campaign commit a lie of omission in their fundraising email, it appears they outright lied about the earlier problem to the press. Or, at the very least, this was yet another instance where many people inside the Sanders campaign don’t seem to be on the same page."

http://iowastartingline.com/2015/12/19/sanders-campaigns-reckless-reaction-to-data-breach-is-a-danger-to-all-democrats/

The Sanders campaign seems to be just digging themselves into a bigger hole with the lying to cover up the wrongdoing. Then there is the truly stupid decision to continue forward with the lawsuit against the DNC. The depositions in that case should be a hoot. The first deposition I would set is of Sanders, to find out the circumstances of why he fired Uretsky.

Seems there was a conspiracy to get Clintons information.

... the sure sign of imaginative paranoia and conspiracy theories that originate from some tin-foil hatter who lives in their mother's basement. The only thing missing was an attempt to make an demonic or antichrist anagram of everyone's name.

Pure silliness. (I feel bad giving it even *this* much attention.)