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Bernie Sanders Campaign Blocked From DNC Voter Info After Improper Access (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the ahh-primary-season dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes with news that staffers for the Bernie Sanders campaign improperly viewed the voter data gathered by Hillary Clinton's campaign by exploiting a software error. "The discovery sparked alarm at the DNC, which promptly shut off the Sanders campaign's access to the strategically crucial list of likely Democratic voters. The DNC maintains the master list and rents it to national and state campaigns, which then add their own, proprietary information gathered by field workers and volunteers. Firewalls are supposed to prevent campaigns from viewing data gathered by their rivals." On Wednesday, while the software was being patched, it briefly opened access to all of the restricted voter data. The Sanders campaign fired the staffer responsible for viewing the data, Josh Uretsky. The campaign says their access was simply part of an investigation to determine their own exposure, and blames the vendor (and those who hired it) for improperly securing the data.

5 of 313 comments (clear)

  1. Should have cleaned the data... by mschaffer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Should have scrubbed the data...you know...with a rag or something.

    1. Re:Should have cleaned the data... by Locke2005 · · Score: 1, Funny

      It's Democrats... you need bleach, and lots of it!

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      I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
    2. Re:Should have cleaned the data... by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

      And with Republicans you have to nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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      We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  2. Re:Background by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But... political parties don't play favorites! Ron Paul was treated just like all the other presidential candidates, right?

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  3. Re:What's scary by Chris+Johnson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh my GOD! it was him all along!

    And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!