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FBI Chief Responds to Concern Over Cyberthreats to US Election System

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FBI Chief Responds to Concern Over Cyberthreats to US Election System - ABC News

The FBI has responded to recent concerns about U.S. voting systems' being targeted for cyberattacks as the presidential elections approach, saying it takes the threat "very, very seriously" and is working to "equip the rest of our government with options."
FBI Director James Comey addressed the issue while speaking to government and private-industry experts attending the Symantec Government Symposium in Washington, D.C.

"We take very seriously any effort by any actor," he said, "to influence the conduct of affairs in our country, whether that's an election or something else."

His comments come one day after news surfaced about FBI warnings to the states that hackers had infiltrated one state board of election and targeted another.
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As if anyone seriously trusted election results to begin with.
 
i've got an "option" that they could consider : paper ****ing ballots. those require the mafia for effective manipulation instead of five fourteen year old Russian hackers, and even then, it has to be reasonably close. i feel about electronic voting the same way i feel about "the cloud" : great idea, but secure the **** out of it first. and we are most certainly not there yet in either category.
 
Helix said:
i've got an "option" that they could consider : paper ****ing ballots.
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I agree; with at lease on republican Trump supporting counting the votes in every district.

When the Director of HLS said that he considered the elections a vital security infrastructure I knew that he would pull the=is power grab. The election is so important that we have to have the feds over seeing it but it isn't important enough to have anyone checking the people voting???

What a transparent joke.
 
Why would we for one second consider an internet-based ballot system?

How many department stores, government agencies, schools, and credit card companies need to be hacked before this is a bad idea?
 
madman said:
The bitterness for the Trump loss is slowly starting. :2wave:
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I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I voted for either of them. Gotta have no integrity for that.
 
Erod said:
I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I voted for either of them. Gotta have no integrity for that.
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But you'll defend him to the bitter end, right? of that 20% chance that he has in winning, you'll defend him at all costs. Am i right?
 
Erod said:
I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I voted for either of them. Gotta have no integrity for that.
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So you put your integrity above the wellbeing of our country? Hillary is a lifelong criminal. She stole from the White House on the way out the door so what makes you think that she will be better than Trump? It isn't like your kids and grandkids won't have to suffer the consequences of a Hilly administration. We are already seeing drug resistance TB coming from the refugees and it can only get worse. It cost the tax payers $150K to treat each one of the TB carriers and a lot of the others have the regular TB that isn't that much fun to have.
 
WCH said:
The $250 billion Hillary wants to spend on 'infrastructure' is really controlling the cyber security for the elections.

I'm sure we can trust her with that. :roll:
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She screwed up by having her personal server. She wasn't smart enough to learn how to use email on a regular computer. The DNC, DCCC, Clinton Campaign and the Clinton Foundation all got hacked. All of a sudden she is a freaking genius.
 
Helix said:
i've got an "option" that they could consider : paper ****ing ballots. those require the mafia for effective manipulation instead of five fourteen year old Russian hackers, and even then, it has to be reasonably close. i feel about electronic voting the same way i feel about "the cloud" : great idea, but secure the **** out of it first. and we are most certainly not there yet in either category.
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Hey Helix, on this we agree. Sometimes the old ways are still the best ways.
 
madman said:
But you'll defend him to the bitter end, right? of that 20% chance that he has in winning, you'll defend him at all costs. Am i right?
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Uh, reading comprehension, champ.
 
eohrnberger said:
Hey Helix, on this we agree. Sometimes the old ways are still the best ways.
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yep, we agree on that one. i remember when this was what a major election ****up looked like :

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Helix said:
yep, we agree on that one. i remember when this was what a major election ****up looked like :

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Yeah, hanging chads. That came to mind as well after I posted that.

But whether it ****ed the election up or not is arguable.
 
Well, maybe the fix is in.
Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections | Washington Examiner
Even before the FBI identified new cyber attacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a "critical infrastructure," giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and and the electric power grid.
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A White House policy directive adds, "The federal government also has a responsibility to strengthen the security and resilience of its own critical infrastructure, for the continuity of national essential functions, and to organize itself to partner effectively with and add value to the security and resilience efforts of critical infrastructure owners and operators."
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Johnson also said that the big issue at hand is that there isn't a central election system since the states run elections. "There's no one federal election system. There are some 9,000 jurisdictions involved in the election process," Johnson said.
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This could start an all out fight between states and the fed govt.
 
madman said:
But you'll defend him to the bitter end, right? of that 20% chance that he has in winning, you'll defend him at all costs. Am i right?
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You wouldn't do that for Hillary?
 
Helix said:
yep, we agree on that one. i remember when this was what a major election ****up looked like :

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LOL! Which is exactly why the old ways are not the better ways. The electorate is apparently too stupid to poke a hole in a card so now all they have to do is push buttons.
 
Napoleon said:
LOL! Which is exactly why the old ways are not the better ways. The electorate is apparently too stupid to poke a hole in a card so now all they have to do is push buttons.
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i don't know if i agree. it seems that it's a lot more difficult for a few hackers to screw up a paper ballot election than an electronic election with lukewarm security. i would prefer the convenience and speed of electronic voting, but i would not be surprised if relatively simple malware could sway the outcome of the whole thing. that's a pretty big risk.
 
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