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🚨"Woodward reports new details on Russia's election meddling, writing that the NSA and CIA have classified evidence the Russians had placed malware in the election registration systems of at least two Florida counties, St. Lucie and Washington."
-- Woodward reports new details on Russia's election meddling, writing that the NSA and CIA have classified evidence the Russians had placed malware in the election registration systems of at least two Florida counties, St. Lucie and Washington. While there was no evidence the malware had been activated, Woodward writes, it was sophisticated and could erase voters in specific districts. The voting system vendor used by Florida was also used in states across the country.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
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jimfields33
(15,473 posts)Classified information. I hope DOJ doesnt go after him.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)triron
(21,916 posts)Covering up incredible treachery against the electoral system and American people is what it is.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Not that it would stop Bilious Barr.
jimfields33
(15,473 posts)Yeah. Stupid Barr will stop at nothing to please trump.
St. Lucie county makes sense for them to try to infiltrate because the red/blue numbers are close and if it flipped red no one would raise an eyebrow, but Washington county is very red with close to twice the amount of R's than D's to even be worth messing with. The counties I would be the most worried about are Miami-Dade, Broward & Palm Beach....
https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reportsxlsx/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/
BComplex
(7,984 posts)Some politicians in close elections are trying to give russians the codes in all of the red states.
They don't call him Moscow Mitch for nothin'!
On Edit:
I don't know this! I only speculate based on how things seem to be going these days.
triron
(21,916 posts)FM123
(10,050 posts)While FL has been turning more and more blue - we now have over a quarter million more registered D's than R's, even in trumpy's own Palm Beach county - it is still too close for comfort. It is still vulnerable to theft by DeSantis and Lee and it is still (always) vulnerable to Russian infiltration and manipulation.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)And Broward and Miami-Dade, too. Especially in PBC.
Botany
(70,291 posts)obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)He was just glad he semi-won.
llmart
(15,501 posts)There were GOP shenanigans in that election also.
matt819
(10,749 posts)He didn't seem to think it was important to tell anyone about Trump's lies about the virus in February.
I call BS on the concern about panic. He - trump - was trying to figure out how he could make money off of it.
I have to agree with the post that ranted about all these insiders whose books are more important than informing the public in a timely manner. To be fair, I guess, it wouldn't have mattered. trump would have claimed fake news and moved on. I so fucking exhausted.
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)Even though Ive never had any problems voting here, for the 2018 election I went to the country elections site the day before I planned to vote and printed my registration information from the site, which also had a date on it, and took it with me to vote. I realize that not everyone can do this, but Democrats in key counties and states may want to do this if they can.
I wonder what states have done since 2016 to remove malware and also to beef up their security. I remember reports that the Russians had hacked the voting systems of at least 39 states. I wonder how many of those states actually searched for any hidden links that the Russians buried to allow them easy access in November.
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)wiggs
(7,788 posts)DID activate it and OTHER malware programs because they can? Did they place the malware for fun? No...it's there to be used and affect the election.
There's so much smoke, yet people won't assume there's fire until faced with an inferno.
think4yourself
(837 posts)Facebook fuckery was meddling.
This is an act of war.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)This is war.
sandensea
(21,530 posts)
"Can you believe it, Vlad? We electronically switch their votes, and they'd rather pretend it never happened than actually do anything!"
"What a country!"
Submariner
(12,485 posts)or attempted activations of the malware?
We do that on our home machines with add on vpn and/or malware software to protect ourselves, why not similarly protect the access to election computer systems?
crickets
(25,896 posts)lostnfound
(16,138 posts)Any idea that the machines are definitively secure is delusional.
The questions about these proprietary systems are endless. Who programs the tabulators? What are the wireless cellular modems used for? Who are the administrators for the VPN? How do we know there are no Easter eggs to multiply votes, or backwoods to flip them? Is the calibration process audited, or does the touchscreens buttons get scaled to make errors more likely?
Invisible processes implemented by bribeable persons Outside of the public eye under the veil of security.
Submariner
(12,485 posts)Thanks for pointing out the holes in the system.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Where else and how, exactly, did Putin help his Puppet?
Arazi
(6,829 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,452 posts)Should've never been allowed to be proprietary information of a private for profit corporation.
rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 9, 2020, 10:03 PM - Edit history (1)
triron
(21,916 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,444 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)I voted by mail in the primary, and am set to receive a mail in ballot shortly. Allegedly.
I will find the closest drop box and drop it off myself. I can't trust USPS. Trumpers work for the USPS, too, and I don't trust them for a second. Lying, cheating and stealing IS WHAT THEY DO.
We are up shit creek. The only people who can do something about it is Congress, and the Democratic Party establishment, by passing enforceable legislation that makes people afraid to mess with the election. Yes, I know elections are run by the states, but there HAS TO BE options at a federal level that can be taken.
Jail time and huge fines for those who tamper with a democratic election, and BIG REWARDS for those who report it.
Then DO it.
I still have hope. Yet they seem to have covered all their bases, and the Congress and the Dem establishment seem helpless. I am hoping the covid situation will do him in. But we have been saying that about every outrage he has foisted on us, and he is still there.
After it is over, if we can ascertain that we won by HUGE numbers, yet the votes and the ballots don't reflect it, we better be prepared to address it. We should also be prepared to NOT accept the electoral college result. Having the electoral college give the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote in 3 out of the last 4 elections is unacceptable. We need to get back to the one person = one vote concept. We either have it, or we don't. If we don't, then THAT needs to be addressed.
Letting a small minority of cheating, lying, racist bigots take over this country like it is THEIRS, and piss all over the very foundation it is built on, is not an option. Shit is gonna get REALLY UGLY.
There are only two sides here. There is no middle ground. If one is not going to be a part of the solution, then one is obviously part of the problem.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)The new Republican slogan is "It's OK If You're A Russian".