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DNC Says Reported Hack Attempt Was a False Alarm (wsj.com)
furry_wookie writes: A suspected attempt to hack into the Democratic National Committee's voter database was actually a cybersecurity test [Editor's note: the originally submitted article might be paywalled; an alternative source], the organization said. The DNC, which was [allegedly] hacked by Russian intelligence officers during the 2016 presidential campaign, said Tuesday it had contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation after being alerted to an apparent phishing scheme by the computer security firm Lookout Inc., which uncovered a replica of the login page to the DNC's Votebuilder database during an online scan. In a statement early Wednesday, Bob Lord, the DNC's chief information security officer, said the DNC and its partners who reported the site 'now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated phishing test.'
The russians are clearly playing a desensitization game. They create one false alarm after another. It is quite humourous if you think about it. Once everyone has let their guard down, then russians attack. And only then.
These guys are pathetic. Absurd incompetence on an epic scale.
But; 'Give us control.We know how to fix the country.'
More shit show ahead folks.
So, as Equifax and Ashley Madison — to name just a few — before, DNC has learned to take data-security seriously the hard-way. A welcome change nonetheless, for sure.
Would it to be proper to mention, that the RNC has successfully foiled such an attack back in 2016? No? Too partisan? Ok...
Or, maybe, it is not too partisan to call out the same guys, who have once mocked an opponent for being computer illiterate?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Must have asked for access to their server.
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
You know, like with a cloth?
Saying someone was trying to hack the DNC doesn't mean anything. Any organization of a certain size or reputation deals with hack attempts 24/7/365. Many organizations have their own SOC just to deal with the non stop attempts. Smaller organizations will often outsource their SOC to a specialist company when they don't have the resources.
Low level hack attempts are a bit like CMB. It's everywhere you look, in any direction you look, it never ever stops and quickly becomes background noise.
FBI to this day have not had access to hacked DNC servers.
To this day there is no expert witness who has viewed DNC servers willing to state Russia hacked them in court.
Pakistan intelligence has the contents of that DNC server, but our FBI does not.
26 people from the FBI/DOJ have now been fired or forced to resign because of their inappropriate behavior on the job concerning this and investigating Trump. Does this sound like actions of "its just normal stuff" to you?
We have the #2 at the DOJ on perjury and abuse of power in signing a FISA warrant with known false information to spy on a citizen for political reasons. Yes, a program to catch terrorist was abused by the DOJ to spy on citizens for political reasons, and now he runs the Muller investigation. If Muller had any credibility he would insist on Rosenstein being fired immediately for corruption, but he doesn't.
Instead we get retards like you claiming using FISA warrants against citizens who have done nothing wrong is ok as long as it helped Clinton.
I'm a little pleasantly surprised they came clean and didn't just continue to run with it, to stir up more "ruhssian treason" sentiment.
OTOH however, they also know that the first accusation that goes out gets repeated and retweeted the most, and relatively fewer people pay attention to retractions or corrections, most particularly if those don't align with their political confirmation bias. In many people's perspective, this will continue to be yet another russian "hack" of the DNC.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
Name one felony
Right - oh, no! It was just a test! We aren't hackable!
He cant name one, its just sperging at this point. I doubt that borderline downs syndrome kid even believes it anymore, he just bet his fucked up life on the wrong horse and now cant cope with his mistakes
Good greif, now I read that the whole DNC thing yesterday was not even an "attack" it was just a phising email sent to some people. And they cried "muh rushians" over that.
The Nigerian Prince who sent these super scary emails to people at the DNC which made headlines in every #fakenews organization yesterday, was unavailable for comment.
-- Given enough time and money, Microsoft will eventualy invent UNIX.
You should try to find more reliable sources to read.
So they hit the media claiming an attack because of an internal phishing test??
I mean, kudos for finally watching for this stuff now, but ...
In the event of intrusion attempt:
1. Alert the media
2. ???
3. Profit!
You lefties are a hoot. It's like your brains are wired for 2+2=5.
That's because we're rational and understand measured quantities and not just countable numbers.
I walked the dog for 2 miles yesterday, and 2 miles today. We walked a total of 5 miles.
You're gonna have to explain that new math to me. OP says leftie brains are miswired to accept incorrect math. You counter with incorrect math as evidence that OP is incorrect?
In all seriousness, WTF are you talking about?
A word of advice.
When you call Trump things like
punk faggot traitor ass
it comes across as hate.
I think he's very likely guilty of felonies
I think he is a traitor.
I think he's hateful.
I wouldn't call him a Nazi, but I do think he's racist.
I'm doubtful that he will "hang" in any sense.
I suspect the worst fate that he faces is losing the election in 2020 and being judged a terrible and corrupt president by history.
And when you use extreme rhetoric as you've done in your post it only strengthens Trump's base. It could be that's your goal.
Of course Trump supporters are guilty of hateful rhetoric as well and I know it's tempting to respond in kind but that only feeds into the hate. Maybe that's your real goal.
OMG its a troll feeding ground!
What are you going to do when this doesn't actually happen? He's not going to prison, he probably won't be impeached. Even if he is impeached, he won't get convicted.
You're going to be disappointed and then you're going to need your Therapy puppy and coloring books.
Giving porn stars he fucked with hush money. This is a federal crime, especially during a presidential campaign.
To quote that article:
This was just a tactic to establish president for colossal butthurt when the DNC loses seats in the fall. More interesting is that Microsoft was publicly complicit in these 'hacks'' 'discovery'.
Preach it, Comrade Wang!
Once you understand gaslighting you'll understand the joke.
It's correct math. Measured numbers are not like cardinal or rational numbers.
My daily walk with the dog is typically around 2.3-2.4 miles, depending on whether we cut corners or not. That rounds to 2 miles.
In two days, we will have walked twice that, or 4.6-4.8 miles. That rounds to 5 miles.
But you don't even need that additional information. 2 as a measured quantity without qualifying further is 2 +- 0.5, and 5 is within twice that.
When you drive, do you feel a bunch of donkey kicks as your speed increase instantly from 40 mph to 41 mph to 42 mph ...? Or do you call Ford and bitch because it never tells you that your speed is 41.37593122205 mph?
No apologies to the Republican party which they incinuated was behind this with the Russians? Amazing fake news. Fact is, Democrats have always sided with the Russians, for as long I've been following politics which is over 50 years. Socialist and Communists vote Democrat, 100%. Always. The Russians have always hated the Republican party. They didn't want to help Trump win the election. They wanted to destroy democracy, which they are doing with the medias help very easily by spreading false information, hate, and distrust, If you've kept abreast of this issue you know that the Russians created fake news against both parties. It's sole purpose is to cause unrest in the world.
American's, mostly Democrats have fallen for this hook, line, and sinker with the help of American news outlets. They actually believe that all of the sudden, after nearly 100 years that the Republican party is in league with the Commies and that the Democrat party has done a 180 and is not longer a left-leaning socialist party, (socialists integrated into the Democratic party in 1932). Most would say that the Communist party joined the Democrats officially in the 1980's as their one and only candidate that ran for president finally called it quits, Gus Hall.
History doesn't repeat, just people with no memory of it. In the 1960's Russia, then the Soviet Union performed these tactics on US college campuses. Now they have the Internet to spread lies, and the ignorant are eager to feast upon their gruel.
What made you assume he was talking about measurable numbers and not cardinal or rational?
When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
What made you assume he was talking about measurable numbers and not cardinal or rational?
Why assume? Making assumptions is bad, being open-minded is not. And there seems be a strong correlation between being open-minded and being liberal.
The only thing I am absolutely sure of is that until politicians and government employees learn that they can be individually held accountable for clicking on the suspicious email and installing the back door, nothing will change. My employer told us that we could be fired for being the person who let a hacker in if it could be traced to our machine. Suddenly people stopped clicking on the emails that were clearly not work related.