[USATODAY] A suspected Russian hacker probed a voter registration database in Arizona and another unidentified attacker gained entry to one in Illinois this summer, the FBI said, prompting the agency to warn states election boards should conduct vulnerability scans.
No actual voting election systems were seriously compromised, officials said.
Systems taken offline
Election officials in both states confirmed they took their voter registration databases offline briefly last month as they became aware of attempted breaches to their systems.
Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, said state authorities were notified last month by the FBI of the suspected hack, when it was discovered the username and password of a county election official were being circulated online.
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No actual voting election systems were seriously compromised, officials said.
I guess you can say that since the systems aren't really being used right now.
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...but, but the media won't have their breathless instantaneous results show (and three ring circus). Considering the Electoral College won't meet till December, yeah, lets do the paper thingy.
And what is a voter registration database doing online anyway? Put that server behind a firewall and off the internet where only authorized personnel have access to it.
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The push by Democrat politicians to go to electronic voting by using software/hardware companies that were cronies was always a subtext even before the last 8 years. They knew that massive voter fraud was always difficult to cover outside of the the infested inner city precincts. But.....electronic voter fraud is the ideal Stalinesque solution, its the whole idea of being able to set the counter through an algorithm that chooses the number of votes for their candidate at the point of initial count. Then every audit is spotless, and they decide everytime who wins.....It's just now they discovered they didn't count on a foreign power with high order skills to use their system for a candidate other than their own!
Paper ballots must remain the only method of voting. Its much much harder to cheat on a large scale when the old biddies at each polling place are watching....
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as The Liberatress of Libya and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Henry L. Stimson ... 's decision to use BleachBit to scrub her private email server could have been based on the fact that the free software can be downloaded and used with complete anonymity, the program's developer said.
Andrew Ziem, the creator of BleachBit, pointed to a recent CNN report about his software in which a computer security expert had speculated that Clinton's team would have selected a more expensive, more sophisticated service if it truly sought to conceal records.
"While there may be some merit to that, there is also an argument to be made for hoping that this doesn't leave a money trail," Ziem told the Washington Examiner.
Ziem said he was not aware Clinton had applied BleachBit to her server until Rep. Trey Gowdy said so on Fox News Thursday, because downloads of the program are anonymous and untraceable.
Gowdy said Clinton's emails had been so thoroughly scrubbed that "even God can't read them."
"It seems probable that the intent was to erase information," Ziem said of Clinton's use of BleachBit.
The open-source software can also be used to clear space on a computer with a cluttered memory, the BleachBit creator said.
But in a post on his website Saturday, Ziem noted the program is an effective way to delete emails beyond recovery short of the "physical destruction" of servers with "a hammer or blow torch."
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Gowdy said Clinton's emails had been so thoroughly scrubbed that "even God can't read them."
Yeah. It would be totally embarrassing and political suicide should her email and wedding emails ever see the light of day.
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This is further evidence of extreme carelessness. You download a program like this from the internet and you have no idea what you are getting. You have no guarantees that it will be safe or effective. For all Hildebeest knew, this program was uploading all of her emails directly to the Kremlin.
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Sure. Knowing her costs and if she has been drinking can get you a better deal, or if you just want information it can be downloaded for free, or if you are in a bidding war you can make sure you bet the minimum to win, and can call bluffs with certainty.
Imagine being in the room with her when she realized she was played in the uranium sale to Russia. Probably have to mop the floor and repaint the walls.
I'm sure the clients are a bit nervous too, and how could they ever trust business with this technotroglodyte, wondering if your Ashley Madison gets found in the Panama Papers?
[CBSNEWS] Donald Trump is planning to speak at a predominantly black church in bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... next weekend, his campaign announced Monday.
Pastor Mark Burns, a Trump supporter, said in a Trump blurb that he would be "speaking at the only African American owned and operated national Christian television network, The Impact Network," on Saturday morning in Detroit. He’ll be interviewed by Wayne Jackson at Great Faith Ministries.
Burns said in the release that Trump would be answering questions relevant to African Americans, like "unemployment, making our streets safe and creating better opportunities for all," and then he’ll deliver a speech on policies that "will impact minorities and the disenfranchised in our country."
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Donald Trump will speak at African-American church in Detroit
Thereby handing a big steaming pile of STFU to his detractors.
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It wouldn't matter what Trump said, the left-wing media would play "pile on" even if he were reciting the Lord's prayer. The MSM should be careful, they are liable to get "tagged" with one of their favorite PC criticisms, "bullying (gasp)."
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Hell most Trunks stayed away from campaigning anywhere, relying mainly on TeeVee and demographic certainty.
Dat not work any longer.
We must come to grips that the Republican Party is 88.76% RINO. We must do a prides purge and rebuild to a pure, tent closed, pearl shined, true faith, card carrying Republican Party.
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We must come to grips that the Republican Party is 88.76% RINO. We must do a prides purge and rebuild to a pure, tent closed, pearl shined, true faith, card carrying Republican Party.
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I wonder if The Donald is 'chum baiting' here and actually hoping for the standard virulent liberal responses to this interview and the Detroit event.
Trump does 'Corporate Jujutsu' every day. Would be interesting to see how the opposition's actions could be utilized.
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Shipman was being sarcastic.
However, closed primaries are a necessary thing. One doesn't let your opposition define your game plan, unless one is innocent, insane, or idiotic.
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JohnQC, I believe W tried to engage with the black community through the churches rather than the liberal controlled methods. It didn't help him when Katrina hit but still he did make the effort.
Trump has a good spiel with facts to back it on how the Democrats have let the black community down for decades. He doesn't have to bull$hit at all so I'm not sure how a liberal plant could derail much except the 'attack the messenger' type stuff. Even then the message will sink through to a lot of folks, especially if he adds "attacking the messenger and calling Republicans racist" to avoid anyone paying close attention to the democrat record as part of his speach.
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There's value in the sheriff being locally elected and the local mayors of large cities choosing theirs. It's call accountability. Name a federal official fired for misconduct or malfeasance in the last 8 years (outside of the uniform military who were 'retired' due to disagreements).
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A legacy of nearly 8 years of dodging Congress, the Senate, and the Constitution. That should make him a lawbreaker. He is like the invited guest to a liberal Washington party who makes an ass of himself with everyone but no one knows what to do with him. No one wants to ask him to leave because he is African-American and they don't want to run the risk of being criticized and called racist.
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White House senior adviser Brian Deese said the president has the legal authority to ratify the accord without the two-thirds Senate vote required for treaties. He said the pact negotiated by 195 countries in December is merely an “executive agreement.”
So when that executive retires, the agreement does, too. The 'executive' agreed, the Nation did not.
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Without implementing legislation, it's an empty gesture.
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[USATODAY] A suspected Russian hacker probed a voter registration database in Arizona and another unidentified attacker gained entry to one in Illinois this summer, the FBI said, prompting the agency to warn states election boards should conduct vulnerability scans.
Hillary Clinton
[CBSNEWS] Donald Trump is planning to speak at a predominantly black church in 
