Federal government notifies 21 states of election hacking

Source via AP

Federal officials said that in most of the 21 states, the targeting was preparatory activity such as scanning computer systems. The targets included voter registration systems but not vote tallying software. Officials said there were some attempts to compromise networks but most were unsuccessful.

Most were unsuccessful? What about the ones that were?

But for many states, the calls Friday from the Department of Homeland Security were the first official confirmation of whether their states were on the list.

They weren't even aware that they had been hacked until DHS notified them. That's disconcerting, to say the least.

Some states are blaming Russians while DHS didn't specify.

a reply to: links234

Blame the others of your own faults ...

DHS is blaming ... let me guess Russia ?
While 6 months ago :

In diana joins Idaho in claiming DHS tried to hack their election systems

Indiana is the newest state to accuse the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of trying to hack its state electoral system.

The state’s IT team claimed that a DHS IP address repeatedly scanned Indiana’s system. The attempted hacks occurred tens of thousands of times over a period of 46 days, beginning while Vice President Mike Pence was still the governor of Indiana.

“We know that between November 1 and December 16, we were scanned with about 14,800 scans, nearly 15,000 different times,” DHS Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson told The Daily Caller.

Like Georgia, Indiana did not give DHS permission to scan.

a reply to: links234

Yeah, it was DHS doing the hacking.

IG Investigating Obama Admin Cyber Attacks On Georgia Election System

Voting should be immune to technology. I don't care how many people it takes to count or even how long it takes, paper votes need to be utilized indefinitely and accounted for under the highest scrutiny and security.

The idea of computers to tally the vote is obviously compromised before it is even initiated.

It has worked for over TWO CENTURIES!!!

If you have to ask what's the difference, then why complain about ANYTHING political?? Either way you submit to not having a say or voice, but for the sake of convenience and fluidity, let's put our votes "online"..... do I really have to quote W.C. Fields.......REALLY???

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DHS: Indiana voter registration systems not targeted by Russian hackers during 2016 election

The Indiana Secretary of State’s Office says Indiana was not one of 21 states targeted by Russian hacking attempts during the 2016 election.

a reply to: watchitburn

Investigation shows DHS did not hack Georgia computers

"We have recently completed our investigation into these allegations and have determined that the activity Georgia noted on its computer networks was the result of normal and automatic computer message exchanges generated by the Microsoft applications involved," Inspector General John Roth wrote in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Monday.

As I just posted.
It was the DHS targeting the election system
Ask the Georgia Lt. Governor's office and their IT Team
Caught it , traced it , and give em a ring to ask why
Why ? Act of retaliation
Before , the Feds had offered to "help" Georgia in "securing" the election process. Georgia said no. They could handle it.
Looks like they did.
Against enemies foreign and domestic.
Peace.

Illegals have been "hacking" our elections long before computerized voting formats.

originally posted by: avgguy
Illegals have been "hacking" our elections long before computerized voting formats.

And that's another thing...thank you.

Does any "report" anywhere say anything about the low-tech "technology" of IP address spoofing and redirecting ?

This whole thing could be a red herring and/or a ruse.

And has any "State" said the election votes counts were tainted ?

a reply to: EternalShadow

Live stream the ballot box and the counts.

One has to wonder.
When it takes only days to set up a task force to go about collecting voter registration data from all fifty states to try and confirm three million illegal votes cast for Clinton in the 2016 election, and it's handed to the vice president to over see the operation because that needs immediate attention one has to wonder why it takes the same administration ten months to acknowledge this and finally advise those states that they had been at risk.
Oh I know.... it had to do with Russia and of course that's just a witch hunt and hoax .

a reply to: TheLead

Simple and elegant solution. Care to suggest why the parties will not do this?
I get most will not watch the stream, as it might be over 100 hours long, but it is accountability.

Here is one thing I do not understand, "scan-tron" tests have been in use for years, why can we not do a system like that for voting?
It gets the computer read, plus a visual access point if needed. So quick tally, and human eyes to confirm.

originally posted by: Sillyolme
One has to wonder.
When it takes only days to set up a task force to go about collecting voter registration data from all fifty states to try and confirm three million illegal votes cast for Clinton in the 2016 election, and it's handed to the vice president to over see the operation because that needs immediate attention one has to wonder why it takes the same administration ten months to acknowledge this and finally advise those states that they had been at risk.
Oh I know.... it had to do with Russia and of course that's just a witch hunt and hoax .

The Plan.

The Plan.

Think about it.

In Stunning Reversal, DHS Says Russians Were Not Behind Attempted Wisconsin Vote Hacking

Just in time for the weekend, the Associated Press reported on Friday that the Department of Homeland Security had notified 21 states earlier that day that their election systems had been targeted by malicious cyber actors. The states and DHS quickly jumped to the conclusion that Russia had ordered the cyberattacks, even though it was reported that the identity or identities of the perpetrators were inconclusive Yet, the news spread like wildfire after readers had been primed as reports of possible infiltartion of state election systems had circulated for nearly a year. Even so, for many states, the call Friday from the Department of Homeland Security was the first official confirmation that their election systems had, in fact, been targeted by hackers.

Federal officials said that in most of the 21 states, the targeting was preparatory activity such as scanning computer systems.

But in a stunning reversal - one which we doubt will put endless rumors of Russian cyberinterference to bed - the AP now reports that DHS has told Wisconsin that the Russian government was not involved in the cyber-targeting.

In an email to the state’s deputy elections administrator that was provided to reporters at the Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting on Tuesday, Homeland Security said that initial notice of Russian involvement was made in error. Also, as we noted at the time, the government did not originally assign blame to the Russians when news of the alleged "scanning" initially broke on Friday although most medias jumped at the opportunity to blame Putin.

Information Provided by DHS Regarding Russian Scanning was Incorrect

SACRAMENTO – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla issued the following statement.

“Last Friday, my office was notified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Russian cyber actors 'scanned' California’s Internet-facing systems in 2016, including Secretary of State websites. Following our request for further information, it became clear that DHS’ conclusions were wrong.”

“DHS confirmed that Russian scanning activity had actually occurred on the California Department of Technology statewide network, not any Secretary of State website. Based on this additional information, California voters can further rest assured that the California Secretary of State elections infrastructure and websites were not hacked or breached by Russian cyber actors.”

“Our notification from DHS last Friday was not only a year late, it also turned out to be bad information. To make matters worse, the Associated Press similarly reported that DHS has reversed itself and 'now says Russia didn’t target Wisconsin’s voter registration system,' which is contrary to previous briefings.”

“The work of our intelligence agencies is critical in defending against cyber threats. I remain committed to a partnership with DHS and other intelligence agencies, however, elections officials and the American public expect and deserve timely and accurate information.”

Twitter Provides "Russian Interference" Update; Senator Warner Blasts As "Deeply Disappointing"

Earlier today Twitter Vice President for Public Policy Colin Crowell met with staff from Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to discuss how Twitter may have been exploited by sneaky Russian operatives to sway the course of American history by undermining the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

Unfortunately, much like Facebook's disclosure offered up a couple of weeks ago, Twitter apparently underwhelmed Democrats in Congress who continue to relentlessly pursue a "smoking gun" to prove that their perpetual investigations over the past year have been something other than a colossal waste of time.

Of course, upon reviewing Twitter's press release on the topic, we can understand why Senator Warner described Twitter's disclosures today as "deeply disappointing." After spending months investigating, Twitter apparently was only able to find 201 accounts (out of roughly 68 million in the U.S., btw) linked to "potentially Russian related" users. Moreover, and undoubtedly adding to Warner's frustration, Twitter further noted that not a single one of the 201 accounts "were registered as advertisers on Twitter."