@metaquest <Thread>
1/ Good luck with that.
From Friday the 13th's grand jury indictment:
"For example, on or about Friday, Oct 28, 2016 KOVALEV and his co-conspirators visited the websites of certain counties in
Georgia
Iowa
Florida
to identify vulnerabilities."
1/ Good luck with that.
From Friday the 13th's grand jury indictment:
"For example, on or about Friday, Oct 28, 2016 KOVALEV and his co-conspirators visited the websites of certain counties in
Georgia
Iowa
Florida
to identify vulnerabilities."
@metaquest 2/ This also happened on Friday, Oct 28 2016:
"Comey sent a letter to members of Congress advising them that the FBI was reviewing more emails. Members of Congress leaked the information to the public within minutes.[106]."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Com…
"Comey sent a letter to members of Congress advising them that the FBI was reviewing more emails. Members of Congress leaked the information to the public within minutes.[106]."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Com…
@metaquest 3/ So Russia GRU was noodling around with voter registration/election websites for Georgia, Iowa and Florida *on the same day* that Comey's letter re: HRC emails was leaked to press by @jasoninthehouse, who then resigned from Congress less than a year later (on Jun 30, 2017)🤔.
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse 4/ Georgia was NOT included in the list of 21 states identified by @Reuters on Friday Sep 22, 2017 which were targeted by Russian hackers in 2016:
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters 5/ Georgia is one of 5 states which have NO PAPER TRAIL, which means it is *impossible* to audit election results:
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Portions of 9 other states are also paperless, including PA (crucial swing state).
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Portions of 9 other states are also paperless, including PA (crucial swing state).
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters 6/ Why wasn't Georgia's extremely vulnerable voter registration and election system identified as a Russia-targeted state last year, when Dem @ossoff ran a competitive bid for House GA06 seat in Jun 2017 (he lost 51.78% to 48.22%)?
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff 7/ How vulnerable is GA's election system?
"a security researcher in GA named Logan Lamb discovered a serious security vulnerability in an election server in his state. The vulnerability allowed him to download the state’s entire database of 6.7 million registered voters..."
"a security researcher in GA named Logan Lamb discovered a serious security vulnerability in an election server in his state. The vulnerability allowed him to download the state’s entire database of 6.7 million registered voters..."
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff 8/ @politico's article by @KimZetter details how Georgia has outsourced their election system to Kennesaw State University, which declared 2016-17 "The Year of Russia" (see upper right for photo of Sergey Kislyak):
editiondigital.net/publication/in…{"page":28,"issue_id":349618}
editiondigital.net/publication/in…{"page":28,"issue_id":349618}
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter 9/ And about those states with no paper ballot audit trail:
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
New Jersey
South Carolina
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter 10/ And this happened yesterday: (Article doesn't mention current controversy surrounding @Jim_Jordan):
"Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)… discounted the need for any new security spending. 'I know what we need for safe and secure elections, and that’s voter ID.'"
"Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)… discounted the need for any new security spending. 'I know what we need for safe and secure elections, and that’s voter ID.'"
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter @Jim_Jordan 11/ "...the bulk of $3.6 billion authorized under the Help America Vote Act, which was passed in the wake of the contested 2000 presidential election, was sent to states well over a decade ago to upgrade voting systems. In many cases, those systems now need new upgrades."
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter @Jim_Jordan 12/ Illinois example:
In 2005, Illinois used the $144 million it rec'd to replace voting equipment in local jurisdictions
This year, state will use the $13.2 million it rec'd to provide a secure data network, risk assessments & training (not enough for new equipment)
In 2005, Illinois used the $144 million it rec'd to replace voting equipment in local jurisdictions
This year, state will use the $13.2 million it rec'd to provide a secure data network, risk assessments & training (not enough for new equipment)
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter @Jim_Jordan 13/ And if that weren't enough, there's this:
@RonWyden: "Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow🇷🇺 street corner.'"😬
@RonWyden: "Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow🇷🇺 street corner.'"😬
@metaquest @jasoninthehouse @Reuters @ossoff @politico @KimZetter @Jim_Jordan @RonWyden 14/ Concluding <thread> with this one on the horribleness of G. Kline Preston, the person responsible for allowing "Russian🇷🇺 Official" named in July 13 Butina indictment to inspect US electronic voting machines and election queues.😱 /end
