U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote

Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by ytpete on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:22AM (#13253079)

In case you missed the recent news: they did hack the RNC too, but chose not to release any of that information. Presumably either to influence the election by making one side look worse than the other, or to have leverage over them by threatening blackmail... or both. That's one of the facets of this that is really disturbing.

More details here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/obama-russia-election-h...

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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by burger_moon on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:49AM (#13253134)

I wasn't aware they also hacked the RNC. The article has conflicting information on how far they actually got though, and may not have actually gotten any useful information. The part about them (russians) doing it just to disrupt the confidence of democracy is interesting. The article doesn't actually state anything about blackmail or leverage though.

Hopefully something informative comes out of the investigation Obama ordered to be delivered before he leaves office.

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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by superbaconman on Sunday December 25, 2016 @02:13AM (#13253326)

According to your link the CIA thinks the RNC was hacked, but the FBI says they were unsuccessful; Did the FBI ever withdraw that claim?

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