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Election Assistance Commission Hacked Using SQL Injection (reuters.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the irony-at-its-finest dept.

whoever57 writes: The commission that is responsible for ensuring the integrity of voting machines was itself hacked. The hacker gained access to non-public reports on weaknesses in voting machines. The hack occurred after the election, so it is unlikely that this hack resulted in changing the result. However, if one hacker can break in, how does anyone know that there was not a prior hack? The hack used an SQL injection flaw to gain access to usernames and passwords which were then cracked. wiredmikey adds: Researchers have discovered that a Russian-speaking hacker broke into the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) systems, and has been trying to sell stolen access credentials -- including admin-level -- on the underground. On December 1, researchers with Recorded Future discovered internet chatter that appeared to relate to an EAC breach. A hacker, called "Rasputin" by Recorded Future, was discussing the sale of more than 100 EAC access credentials to a middle-eastern government broker. The hacker claimed to have accessed the systems via an SQLi vulnerability, which Recorded Future was able to locate and report. EAC said Thursday that was aware of the "potential intrusion" and was investigating the incident.

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  1. Maybe that was the plan all along by scatbomb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe that was the plan all along. They sat on this information so they could bury it if their candidate won and bring it to light if their candidate lost so as to throw the legitimacy of the vote into question.

  2. The voters rejected Trump, Clinton won by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    "half the country already hated Hillary and voted Trump out of spite."

    Except that didn't happen. She got more votes, she won, that is the whole essence of democracy: men being equal, their votes being equal.

    Now you can say "rules = Electoral College", but then you think the Electoral College is required to be a binding vote. but that isn't the rule. It's a free vote except for a few states.

    The departure from democracy was so they could make an informed decision and enforce the constitution.

    Trump HAS NOT sold off his foreign business, and he has not closed his offshore accounts, and he still has direct interest in his USA businesses. He cannot be President. He was supposed to announce a solution last week, like everything else he claims, he doesn't do it.

    But that's OK, because the voters reject Trump, so the Electoral College should reject him before he is impeached.