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VOTES WERE CHANGED
Thread #2
We now know Russians hacked into Voting Systems of all 50 states.
So, it’s good to look back at—
Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes In The 2016 Election But Few Will Admit It by Michael Harriot for The Root
countable.us/articles/5863-…
Thread #2
We now know Russians hacked into Voting Systems of all 50 states.
So, it’s good to look back at—
Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes In The 2016 Election But Few Will Admit It by Michael Harriot for The Root
countable.us/articles/5863-…
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /2
“In spite of what your favorite television legal drama says, circumstantial evidence is still considered to be reliable evidence. Most evidence, including DNA, audio recordings and even scientific evidence is circumstantial evidence..”
“In spite of what your favorite television legal drama says, circumstantial evidence is still considered to be reliable evidence. Most evidence, including DNA, audio recordings and even scientific evidence is circumstantial evidence..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /3
“..despite what Donald Trump, the Kremlin’s Executive in Charge of U.S. Operations, would have you believe, every credible intelligence source agrees that..Vladimir Putin, interfered with the 2016 presidential elections. The evidence shows this is true.
“..despite what Donald Trump, the Kremlin’s Executive in Charge of U.S. Operations, would have you believe, every credible intelligence source agrees that..Vladimir Putin, interfered with the 2016 presidential elections. The evidence shows this is true.
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /4
“..Trump has seen text messages from Russian officers, emails from agents in the United States &“information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking..”
“..Trump has seen text messages from Russian officers, emails from agents in the United States &“information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /5
“.. U.S. officials..admit that..Putin interfered w/the 2016 election.They don’t..deny..Russian operatives altered votes.They will only say they cannot confirm that fact. They..say that there is no conclusive evidence to support it.
That is simply not true.
“.. U.S. officials..admit that..Putin interfered w/the 2016 election.They don’t..deny..Russian operatives altered votes.They will only say they cannot confirm that fact. They..say that there is no conclusive evidence to support it.
That is simply not true.
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /6
“.. the same evidence that supports the intelligence community’s assertion that Russia wanted to elect Donald Trump also points to the inescapable fact Russian actors most likely changed votes.”
“.. the same evidence that supports the intelligence community’s assertion that Russia wanted to elect Donald Trump also points to the inescapable fact Russian actors most likely changed votes.”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /7
“.. We were left knowing that Russia attempted to break into almost half of America’s voter databases [now all 50 states] but the DHS assured the public that they had no evidence that any of the systems were actually compromised.
That was a lie.”
“.. We were left knowing that Russia attempted to break into almost half of America’s voter databases [now all 50 states] but the DHS assured the public that they had no evidence that any of the systems were actually compromised.
That was a lie.”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /8
“.. But we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that these systems were targeted and breached. We know that Russian actors got inside. We know the DHS withheld information about this for nearly a year—not only from the public but from the individual states..”
“.. But we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that these systems were targeted and breached. We know that Russian actors got inside. We know the DHS withheld information about this for nearly a year—not only from the public but from the individual states..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /9
“.. Around the time of the 21-state breach, a technician at the Center for Election Systems, the Georgia firm that handles the state’s election data, computers and training, found a hole in the election system’s server that would have allowed anyone..”
“.. Around the time of the 21-state breach, a technician at the Center for Election Systems, the Georgia firm that handles the state’s election data, computers and training, found a hole in the election system’s server that would have allowed anyone..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /10
“..to download or alter the database that included every voter in the state. He also found PDF files with the instructions, all the passwords and software files for the system that allowed poll workers to verify registered voters.”
“..to download or alter the database that included every voter in the state. He also found PDF files with the instructions, all the passwords and software files for the system that allowed poll workers to verify registered voters.”
VOTES WERE CHANGED /11
“.. Moreover, in a since-unsealed indictment, the FBI discovered that two Russian military officers, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev and Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk, conspired to hack into U.S. election systems in October 2016...”
“.. Moreover, in a since-unsealed indictment, the FBI discovered that two Russian military officers, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev and Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk, conspired to hack into U.S. election systems in October 2016...”
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /12
“These sophisticated agents certainly [would have known] that GA’s entire election programming &mgmt system,including private voter data,was on a single central computer managed by SOS Kemp’s contract agent at Kennesaw St U,” Marilyn Marks..told Politico.”
“These sophisticated agents certainly [would have known] that GA’s entire election programming &mgmt system,including private voter data,was on a single central computer managed by SOS Kemp’s contract agent at Kennesaw St U,” Marilyn Marks..told Politico.”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/13
“.. The only logical explanation that could possibly explain why Russians did not change votes in GA is to somehow believe an int’n’l cabal of hackers got into the system,found instructions,voter registrations &passwords &yet somehow decided not to do it..”
“.. The only logical explanation that could possibly explain why Russians did not change votes in GA is to somehow believe an int’n’l cabal of hackers got into the system,found instructions,voter registrations &passwords &yet somehow decided not to do it..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/14
“But is it possible to hack an actual voting machine &change votes?
At 2017 Def Con computer security conf..organizers challenged attendees to hack..30 different voting machines used by election officials around the country
W/in 24 hrs they hacked every one
“But is it possible to hack an actual voting machine &change votes?
At 2017 Def Con computer security conf..organizers challenged attendees to hack..30 different voting machines used by election officials around the country
W/in 24 hrs they hacked every one
VOTES WERE CHANGED* /15
“.cyberhacker showed..he could change votes in..WINvote machine used in VA,PA&MS,w/only a computer,a mouse &a Microsoft Word doc,as long as he had the password..soon discovered that WINvote machines all had same password..which could not be changed—“abcde”
“.cyberhacker showed..he could change votes in..WINvote machine used in VA,PA&MS,w/only a computer,a mouse &a Microsoft Word doc,as long as he had the password..soon discovered that WINvote machines all had same password..which could not be changed—“abcde”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/16
“..report by..NY Times detailed how a PA auditor..found remote access software on the system that tallies votes. Electronic Systems & Software, the comp that makes those machines, is the biggest voting machine manufacturer in America.”
“..report by..NY Times detailed how a PA auditor..found remote access software on the system that tallies votes. Electronic Systems & Software, the comp that makes those machines, is the biggest voting machine manufacturer in America.”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/17
“.. To be clear, this was not a voting machine. The system that counts votes had software installed that allowed a person who was not on the scene to gain access to the voting results..”
“.. To be clear, this was not a voting machine. The system that counts votes had software installed that allowed a person who was not on the scene to gain access to the voting results..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/18
“..PA voters complained that the ES&S machines were changing or “flipping” votes.
We know Russia has the capability to do this..”
“..PA voters complained that the ES&S machines were changing or “flipping” votes.
We know Russia has the capability to do this..”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/19
“..We know, from Putin’s own words, that he wanted Trump to win the 2016 election. We know that Russian agents interfered. The entire intelligence community agrees that Russia targeted the election systems in..[now—all 50 states]..”
“..We know, from Putin’s own words, that he wanted Trump to win the 2016 election. We know that Russian agents interfered. The entire intelligence community agrees that Russia targeted the election systems in..[now—all 50 states]..”
VOTES WERE CHAGRD*/20
“..we are supposed to believe that Putin concocted this vast,Russian-sponsored effort that included propaganda,computer experts,spies &internat’l ring of hackers,but when he was actually successful at breaking into voting systems, all they did was..nothing?”
“..we are supposed to believe that Putin concocted this vast,Russian-sponsored effort that included propaganda,computer experts,spies &internat’l ring of hackers,but when he was actually successful at breaking into voting systems, all they did was..nothing?”
VOTES WERE CHANGED*/21
“.. We know that hackers attempted to change voter rolls and hack voting machines at least once, but we are supposed to believe that it wasn’t widespread.
..you’d have to be a fool to believe that.”
“.. We know that hackers attempted to change voter rolls and hack voting machines at least once, but we are supposed to believe that it wasn’t widespread.
..you’d have to be a fool to believe that.”
