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In reply to the discussion: Knowing what we know now, about the Russian hacking, does that shed any new light on the DU [View all]PJMcK
(21,921 posts)22. Who cares?
The real threat from Russia is if they can affect vote counting and voter registrations. This is to say that there could be other cyber targets such as airlines, power grids and other public services. Those would have a national impact.
Knocking DU offline for a few weeks didn't have any effect on the 2016 elections. After all, all of us voted for Democratic candidates, right?
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Knowing what we know now, about the Russian hacking, does that shed any new light on the DU [View all]
Meadowoak
Jul 2018
OP
It was on someone's radar. That is for sure. We did get russian trolls all over
applegrove
Jul 2018
#3
Could easily have been Russia. A good intelligence operation would look juvenile as cover.
applegrove
Jul 2018
#6
We get much busier when there is news or an election. No doubt the growth of
applegrove
Jul 2018
#10
Not sure about Russia, but definitely someone with the intent to disrupt Democrats.
Hoyt
Jul 2018
#27
What I find interesting is that somebody cared enough to vandalize a well-constructed site...
Hekate
Jul 2018
#17
CSPAN flipping to RT happened right when Maxine Waters was warning about Russia
wishstar
Jul 2018
#33
Thanks for refreshing my memory. That was what made me believe DU's pain wasn't just mischief...
Hekate
Jul 2018
#34
The russians were here. They could have done it. DU is obviously an important
applegrove
Jul 2018
#9
No, DU doesn't really have that much website traffic in order to be considered a good target. n/t
demmiblue
Jul 2018
#20
DU is. Certainly a good resource, if you wanted to learn about Democrats, get inside their heads
Meadowoak
Jul 2018
#23
Exactly. It is an insightful incubator of Democratic thinking. Otherwise why would it have
applegrove
Jul 2018
#24