How To Hack an Election (bloomberg.com)

"For eight years, Andres Sepulveda, now 31, says he traveled the continent rigging major political campaigns..." writes Bloomberg, citing elections in Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela. Sepulveda says he was bankrolled by a political consultant in Miami, and his services involved everything from phone tapping and cracking donor databases to managing thousands of fake Twitter profiles. While Sepulveda wasn't always successful, in 2012, "He led a team of hackers that stole campaign strategies, manipulated social media to create false waves of enthusiasm and derision, and installed spyware in opposition offices, all to help Pena Nieto, a right-of-center candidate, eke out a victory." Now serving 10 years in prison in Colombia, Sepulveda is telling his story in hopes of a reduced sentence - and to warn the public that hackers are affecting modern elections, and that specialized skills will be need to stop them.

"On the question of whether the U.S. presidential campaign is being tampered with, he is unequivocal. 'I'm 100 percent sure it is'."

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[Anonymous Coward]

Tampering with elections is legal in the USA. It's ratified by Citizens United.

Re:Trump springs to mind

[Attila Dimedici]

Except that the evidence suggests that more of the rich support Democrats than support Republicans. Just look at how the richest counties vote. The majority of the richest counties have voted Democrat for years. (BTW, I did not list three, I listed four: the Sandlers are two people...and you might want to look into how they made their fortunes. If anybody should go to jail for the financial mess in 2008, they head the list). You, also, might want to look into the complicated web of interlocking "charities" which George Soros funds.
Also, having never watched Fox News I could not tell you if they have cited these four people. What I find funny is that you complain about the four I cite, yet whenever this comes up Democrats like you cite just two, the Koch brothers. If you would like, I can list some more billionaires who spend their money buying Democrats: Bill Gates, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Bloomberg, etc.