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Cyber-pro Chris Vickery:GOPs private "subpoena-resistant" servers physically IN Russia. (Original Post) blm Aug 2019 OP
I've been saying it for some time, they are all now Russian Repugs. lark Aug 2019 #1
the 4th of july trip to Russia? Kurt V. Aug 2019 #2
This is HUGE malaise Aug 2019 #3
K&R, DAMN !!!! uponit7771 Aug 2019 #4
Apparently someone sent to Rachel Maddow (and others, including Hillary Clinton). triron Aug 2019 #5
Wow! this is a great find FakeNoose Aug 2019 #6
Barr will know exactly what to with it... stillcool Aug 2019 #27
Unfortunately yes he will... padah513 Aug 2019 #28
For how long has this been going on? BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #7
Advertised its merits only to GOP gang members blm Aug 2019 #10
Is this a valid story? BlueWI Aug 2019 #8
Chris Vickery is a Security expert blm Aug 2019 #12
That's not a verification BlueWI Aug 2019 #23
I was merely identifying him. blm Aug 2019 #30
Sure thing. BlueWI Aug 2019 #33
Address redirects to ISP pecosbob Aug 2019 #9
Reading the thread now blm Aug 2019 #11
May have already been removed for some time...we'll have to rely on the tweeter for details pecosbob Aug 2019 #13
Earlier thread has Papadopolous popping up blm Aug 2019 #46
I just tried it on my tablet and it still connects. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #15
Sorry I wan't clear...the web adddress www.civicmerit.com redirects to the ISP pecosbob Aug 2019 #16
Oh, I get it, sort of. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #18
Offered only to inner circle Republicans blm Aug 2019 #19
This guy Chris Vickery does dark web/deep web searches FakeNoose Aug 2019 #21
I wonder if this dropping shoe is what triggered LeningradLindsey blm Aug 2019 #22
Chris Vickery also doesn't say who the GOP operative is. ancianita Aug 2019 #25
Here's an earlier dig thread that led to the servers find - blm Aug 2019 #36
This here is some fifth column fuckery. Thanks for the link. Damn. ancianita Aug 2019 #38
WTF??? nt Baltimike Aug 2019 #14
I wlll have to bookmark to read more closely lately. riversedge Aug 2019 #17
Along with their porn stash. lpbk2713 Aug 2019 #20
What does "subpoena-resistant" mean? That the FBI can't confiscate them? ancianita Aug 2019 #24
That Russia won't have to comply with subpoena. blm Aug 2019 #31
Thanks. I figured that. ancianita Aug 2019 #37
I gotta say, his twitter chat is pretty titillating. ancianita Aug 2019 #26
Somebody help me out here, please. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #29
A server is a machine that allows the relay or storage (like "the cloud") of others computer com- ancianita Aug 2019 #34
Thank you and I appreciate your post, Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #39
subpoena any communications from server clients, because Russia never cooperates with our FBI ancianita Aug 2019 #43
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #45
Web pages are stored on a computer server somewhere in the world pecosbob Aug 2019 #35
But I thought that anyone could access intel through The Cloud. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #40
The Cloud refers to local vs. non-local storage of data pecosbob Aug 2019 #42
Thank you, Sir. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #47
Ding ding ding pecosbob Aug 2019 #48
What did I win ? Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #49
Wish Trump would get his just desserts like Gus pecosbob Aug 2019 #50
Clouds are literally servers. The Cloud doesn't cover the Earth. Google has a cloud. Apple has one. ancianita Aug 2019 #44
I want to see more before I get any hopes KPN Aug 2019 #32
Seth Abramson is now giving it focus blm Aug 2019 #51
That would be nice. I truly hope we get to see KPN Aug 2019 #52
Earlier thread that led to find, Papadopolous pops up. Didn't know he worked first blm Aug 2019 #41

lark

(23,099 posts)
1. I've been saying it for some time, they are all now Russian Repugs.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:18 PM
Aug 2019

Traitors to our country & its laws and way of life.

edited for clarity

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
6. Wow! this is a great find
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:27 PM
Aug 2019

Maybe there are secret messages between Chump and Pootie on here? Or between Moscow Mitch and Pootie? This info should go to the Feds immediately.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
7. For how long has this been going on?
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:28 PM
Aug 2019

This is what it says...

"Here it is.
This site is owned/run by a leading GOP digital operative. He runs systems on servers physically located in Russia, and advertised it.
Mitch McConnell is a client. Ben Carson is a client. Gingrich is a client. And many more."

Tell the world."

blm

(113,059 posts)
10. Advertised its merits only to GOP gang members
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:50 PM
Aug 2019

Last edited Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Subpoena-resistant. Geez.

BlueWI

(1,736 posts)
23. That's not a verification
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 08:11 PM
Aug 2019

but thanks for the post.

I will look further just to be sure before assuming this is true.

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
13. May have already been removed for some time...we'll have to rely on the tweeter for details
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:02 PM
Aug 2019

on when the screencaps were taken.

blm

(113,059 posts)
46. Earlier thread has Papadopolous popping up
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 10:30 PM
Aug 2019

Going back to 2013-14. Russia must have had a reason for funding and promoting Carson back then.
https://mobile.twitter.com/VickerySec/status/1158178823373897728

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
15. I just tried it on my tablet and it still connects.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:09 PM
Aug 2019

I don't even have twitter or try it this way....here is a copy of the address.
https://mobile.twitter.com/VickerySec

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
16. Sorry I wan't clear...the web adddress www.civicmerit.com redirects to the ISP
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:12 PM
Aug 2019

as it would if it had recently been shut down. Not the tweet itself. This is the web address of the site shown in the tweeted screen captures. Also searched the web for info on the site, but found zip, so if it was being advertised it was being done very discreetly.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
21. This guy Chris Vickery does dark web/deep web searches
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:49 PM
Aug 2019

I think he's a consultant for the FBI, or even if he isn't, he's sending his tweets to the FBI. The web pages Vickery shows in the tweet are snapshots from "Wayback" which freezes old pages that have been deleted. They aren't really deleted, they're rendered inaccessible, but Mr. Vickery knows how to find them.

I think this is sensational and I'm looking forward to learning what else he has.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
24. What does "subpoena-resistant" mean? That the FBI can't confiscate them?
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 08:17 PM
Aug 2019

There's still plenty that goes through them and from them that can be confiscated.

This whole silence from the FBI about investigating funds of GOP people really ticks me off.

So they use a Russian cloud.

Interesting.

blm

(113,059 posts)
31. That Russia won't have to comply with subpoena.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:27 PM
Aug 2019

Trying to glean more from the last 2 days of tweets when the first shoe dropped.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
29. Somebody help me out here, please.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:13 PM
Aug 2019

I'm not understanding any of this. It seems to be significant, but I don't know what it all means.

[Ok, I'm older than dirt, and the least tech-savvy person on Earth.] I don't do twitter. I only just got rid of my clam-shell cell phone . . . So, what does this mean ? And where it reads "server" -- is that a person or a device ?

Anybody ? Please, no giggling.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
34. A server is a machine that allows the relay or storage (like "the cloud") of others computer com-
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:41 PM
Aug 2019

munications. My son and/or his friends -- or anyone, really -- can use their computer as a server for a network they set up.

But big scale servers exist everywhere from Google to Apple to any Internet Service Provider of any country because they deal with millions of computer users.

Wikipedia, as a global information service, has to use massive server power to enable communications within its content development and relays worldwide.

Read its explanation below. The simplest way I can explain it is as a point of directing Internet traffic or Internet storage of communications.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing)

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
39. Thank you and I appreciate your post,
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:47 PM
Aug 2019

but what is the significance of that in the context of this OP news ?

Subpoena-proof servers means that no one can __________ them. (Fill in the blank for me, please.)

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
43. subpoena any communications from server clients, because Russia never cooperates with our FBI
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 10:12 PM
Aug 2019

or clandestine services.

The significance is that a security industry expert dug this info out, somehow and allegedly reported it to the FBI.

Now, perhaps some hackers can hit up the host, civicmerit, and the servers they use in what's called a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It would slow down the communications of the clients, and it could go on continuously, and it could discourage them from further use of the service.

But likely, the secrecy has been established and much evidence isn't available. It's also hearsay evidence of conspiring with each other through a declared hostile foreign adversary. It's the crime of secrecy, abuse of power, which elected representatives may not engage in and shows bad faith, unethical service, breaking their oaths of office.

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
35. Web pages are stored on a computer server somewhere in the world
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:42 PM
Aug 2019

The server is owned and maintained by the web hosting service, i.e GoDaddy or COX or whoever. In this case the web server was located in Russia outside of U.S. legal jurisdiction, therefore a U.S. court could not gain access to any data stored there even with a subpeona.

So the service was created to allow Republican American politicos to communicate with each other on sensitive subjects and store sensitive data there in contravention to a number of U.S. laws regarding recordkeeping by government officials.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
40. But I thought that anyone could access intel through The Cloud.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:49 PM
Aug 2019

Does this mean that those servers are . . . "cloud-proof" ? I apologize for my lack of applicable/correct terms.

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
42. The Cloud refers to local vs. non-local storage of data
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 10:11 PM
Aug 2019

Either your data is stored on your computer (local storage) or on another computer network (cloud storage) usually owned and maintained by large ISPs such as Google and ATT. If you are say a large insurance company you would want to have secure storage for your data and it may be more cost effective to sub-contract the storage of your data to another company, a network storage provider. rather than maintain the equipment yourself. Many of these cloud storage networks are maintained here in the U.S. but some are hosted abroad, where U.S. law enforcement and courts may or may not have access to data stored there.

This server would have very limited access to particular individuals and would act as their own personal cloud or storage space and communications channel safe from the prying eyes of the FBI or Dems or the courts. Evidently it was also acting as a portal for accessing voter information, sort of a 7-Eleven for information to micro-target voters.

So it would be a very special little cloud for a few people and invisible to everyone else.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
47. Thank you, Sir.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 10:33 PM
Aug 2019

So, because this little cloud lives in Russia, American intelligence agencies can't see it.

Now, if you're an American elected official, you'd want to use this little Russian cloud so that no American oversight can "see" what you're up to. Sounds very suspicious to me.

So much for transparency in our government.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
44. Clouds are literally servers. The Cloud doesn't cover the Earth. Google has a cloud. Apple has one.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 10:16 PM
Aug 2019

Other countries can have their own clouds.

KPN

(15,645 posts)
32. I want to see more before I get any hopes
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:27 PM
Aug 2019

up on this. If it is true, and there’s evidence, this really does seem rather treasonous. .... Oh, the webs they weave.

blm

(113,059 posts)
51. Seth Abramson is now giving it focus
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:39 AM
Aug 2019

After Vickery’s find. This story may be breaking wider.

KPN

(15,645 posts)
52. That would be nice. I truly hope we get to see
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:07 AM
Aug 2019

the bloated pig completely fall apart. I just hope they’ve changed the code and taken the nuclear button away from him before his break down gets too far. Whoever the fuck “they” might be.

blm

(113,059 posts)
41. Earlier thread that led to find, Papadopolous pops up. Didn't know he worked first
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:50 PM
Aug 2019

For Ben Carson. 2013-14? Was Carson being groomed as fallback dupe?


https://mobile.twitter.com/VickerySec/status/1158178823373897728

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