AP NewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed

[workinclasszero]

AP NewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed
By FRANK BAJAK Today

A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.

The server’s data was destroyed July 7 by technicians at the Center for Elections Systems at Kennesaw State University, which runs the state’s election system. The data wipe was revealed in an email — sent last week from an assistant state attorney general to plaintiffs in the case — that was obtained by the AP. More emails obtained in a public records request confirmed the wipe.

The lawsuit, filed by a diverse group of election reform advocates, aims to force Georgia to retire its antiquated and heavily criticized election technology. The server in question, which served as a statewide staging location for key election-related data, made national headlines in June after a security expert disclosed a gaping security hole that wasn’t fixed six months after he reported it to election authorities.

WIPED OUT

It’s not clear who ordered the server’s data irretrievably erased.

https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f1965f63538b035d3f/APNewsBreak:-Georgia-election-server-wiped-after-suit-filed

[SweetieD]

1. These people are absolutely awful. Cretins.

[workinclasszero]

2. This is how republicans "win"

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. And their supporters want more of this.

They don't believe in democracy.

[workinclasszero]

22. No they believe in 'winning'

Legit or otherwise it makes no difference to those slimy fascists.

[CrispyQ]

3. The other side has no respect for rule of law or any law that stands in the way of one party rule.

How do we fight that?

[workinclasszero]

4. Take back control of the House in 2018

And immediately start impeachment against the Russian mole-in-charge?

[Irish_Dem]

8. Obama was able to beat them fair and square, even up against their crooked ways.

We need his help big time.

[ananda]

13. That was because anonymous unhacked Ohio.

Nobody unhacked those three swing states that
Russia hacked.

[Irish_Dem]

16. I wondered how that happened. Ohio was definitely crooked

that election. As per a good friend who lives in a critical Ohio county and reported irregularities at his polling place.

What happened this time that Anonymous didn't unhack this election?

[gratuitous]

5. It's the Jose Rodriguez defense

Destroy the evidence, and take your lumps - if any - for that, instead of being held accountable for the underlying crime. Jose Rodriguez, Jr. was the CIA honcho who ordered the CIA tapes of their torture sessions destroyed. Rodriguez figured, accurately, that the penalty for destroying the evidence would be far less than having to answer for crimes against humanity.

The Center for Elections Systems watched and learned.

[rockfordfile]

6. it seems destruction of evidence

[forgotmylogin]

9. Lock them up.

[orangecrush]

10. Obstruction charge?

[Qutzupalotl]

11. possible glimmer of hope...

from the OP’s link:

It could still be possible to recover relevant information from the server.

The FBI is known to have made an exact data image of the server in March when it investigated the security hole. The email that disclosed the server wipe said the state attorney general’s office was “reaching out to the FBI to determine whether they still have the image.”

[C Moon]

17. +1

[California_Republic]

12. They wouldve ran back ups.

They would’ve ran back ups. They would’ve needed to be able to recover the servers.

[dbackjon]

14. They need to redo the June election

[Cryptoad]

15. If we really had any Rule of Law

somebody's ass would be up on charges,,,,,,,, but wTF
them thar r good Ole "Real Amerricans"
didn't mean no harm!

[diva77]

18. This problem is EXACTLY why elections officials should be held accountable for certifying equipment

that does NOT meet the burden of proof that every vote will be counted as cast. Now we have some "custodian" wiping the evidence clean

I hope AP will continue to pursue this story aggressively.

[BadGimp]

19. Nothing to see here.. move along...

[Kingofalldems]

20. Kennesaw State---home of Newt Gingrich

[Kingofalldems]

21. Eric Garland says FBI has a copy:

Link to tweet

Don't know much about him.