NYT: Russian hacking also targeted Democratic House candidates
A New York Times report reveals that Russia targeted more than just Hillary Clinton. They went after Democratic House candidates.
Click here for reuse options!…a handful of Democratic House candidates became targets of a Russian influence operation that made thousands of pages of documents stolen by hackers from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington available to Florida reporters and bloggers.
“It was like I was standing out there naked,” said Annette Taddeo [pictured], a Democrat who lost her primary race after secret campaign documents were made public. “I just can’t describe it any other way. Our entire internal strategy plan was made public, and suddenly all this material was out there and could be used against me.”
The impact of the information released by the hackers on candidates like Ms. Taddeo in Florida and others in nearly a dozen House races around the country was largely lost in the focus on the hacking attacks against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But this untold story underscores the effect the Russian operation had on the American electoral system…
The intrusions in House races in states including Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio, Illinois, New Mexico and North Carolina can be traced to tens of thousands of pages of documents taken from the D.C.C.C., which shares a Capitol Hill office building with the Democratic National Committee…
The document dump’s effectiveness was due in part to a de facto alliance that formed between the Russian hackers and political bloggers and newspapers across the United States. The hackers, working under the made-up name of Guccifer 2.0, used social media tools to invite individual reporters to request specific caches of documents, handing them out the way political operatives distribute scoops. It was an arrangement that proved irresistible to many news outlets — and amplified the consequences of the cyberattack…
Guccifer 2.0 followed up on the release of lawmakers’ personal data with large caches of internal party documents, starting with some documents related to House races in Florida, including Ms. Taddeo’s contest…
Guccifer 2.0 even posted a cache of confidential documents focusing on Representative Ben Ray Luján, Democrat of New Mexico, the chairman of the D.C.C.C., who faced no serious challenger this year. Mr. Luján said it was a clear effort to send a message to the party leadership — that the hackers wanted to try to hurt Democrats at all levels of the party, from lesser known races in Florida to the leadership.
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anothertoothpick December 14th, 2016 at 08:13
From Guccifer 2.0 to >>>>>>Drudge report to>>>>>Fox fake news to>>>>>Hanitty to >>>>> to the low info voters brains.
A SHOT AND A GOAL!
Larry Schmitt December 14th, 2016 at 08:31
Fox fake news … isn’t that redundant?
The Original Just Me December 14th, 2016 at 12:22
FAUX News
anothertoothpick December 14th, 2016 at 12:23
Nostrovia!
mea_mark December 14th, 2016 at 08:21
What we really need in America is total transparency from all political parties to even the playing field and make things like this impossible. I know politicians hate transparency but it is what we need to do. Politics shouldn’t be a game about keeping secrets from the people.
Jeanne173 December 14th, 2016 at 13:27
I agree with you 100 percent but pigs haven’t learned too fly yet, have they?
William December 14th, 2016 at 09:42
This just in. Donald Trump will respond to these allegations just as soon as Putin tells him what to say. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0a73abfd625706966f2c08d727f16a0d3115ecaef2ba247bd110c431563cbdab.jpg
The Original Just Me December 14th, 2016 at 12:21
Putin is collaborating with Palin on the wording of the Speech.
bpollen December 14th, 2016 at 16:15
Pay no attention to the man with his hand up my ass…
oldfart December 14th, 2016 at 09:53
Three questions,
Did the media get their money’s worth ?
How much hacking did the RNC get and what information was found ?
Why are republicans so strangely quiet about the dreaded RED MENANCE…
other than the fact that their candidate won ?
Suzanne McFly December 14th, 2016 at 09:59
So complete republican control was Putin’s end game. He knows who can be purchased, that’s for sure.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak December 14th, 2016 at 12:19
Yeppers – Best guess – he saved all the republican emails so he can use them to bribe the officials.
Snick1946 December 14th, 2016 at 11:42
We have developed the most amazing capacity to simply shrug off outrages like this. Remember when we realized we’d been played about WMDs in Iraq? Yeah there was negative reaction but nothing like there should have been. This will be the same.
trees December 15th, 2016 at 11:46
Remember how the CIA assured everyone??
The CIA doesn’t have any “proof” of Russian involvement in the Wikileaks email dump.
“We strongly suspect”, that’s what they’ve got.
Suspicion.
Didn’t work out so well last time did it?
The emails in the Wikileaks dump could have been provided by China, for all anyone knows….
“Well, we don’t suspect the Chinese”
Exactly.
If I’m the Chinese, and I did it, and everyone is busy pointing fingers at Russia??
I’m ROTFLMAO right now……
bpollen December 16th, 2016 at 02:31
There ya go, showing your ignorance… again. Or still. Potato/Potahto.
trees December 14th, 2016 at 16:43
https://youtu.be/HsV-Yr3xudY
This is so transparent, this is about stealing an election…..
Watch the video, Neil hypothetically concedes as a foregone conclusion that a security review reveals Russian involvement in attempting to influence the American voters. The question, “If it’s proven, should the electors change their votes?” Pelosi refuses to answer the question….
Hysterical.
anothertoothpick December 14th, 2016 at 17:09
It’s fun watching her make cavido look like a clueless scum bag.
Thanks for the link.
trees December 14th, 2016 at 17:18
No problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqk1kdjk5o0
Might as well listen to something else cool as well….
trees December 14th, 2016 at 17:07
Ok, first, let’s just clear the air here…..
Hillary won.
Let’s all say it together, as many times as we need to….
Hillary won the election, because more people voted for Hillary than for Trump.
Hillary should be President because,
A) Trump should not have his hand on the nuclear codes
B) Trump is not going to continue the Obamacare program
C) And Russia hacked the election
Let’s gather all the state electors together, let’s have the CIA sit down with them and explain why they need to NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP. We need to get Hillary in the White House, whether it’s with a “do over” election, or a CIA inspired elector shift, or whatever…
HILLARY WON
And as Keith Olbermann said, “The sanctity of Democracy is hanging by a thread. We need to take control and retain the office of the POTUS. OUR FREEDOM IS AT STAKE!!!
StoneyCurtisll December 14th, 2016 at 19:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ragMBCzPA&t=3s