Florida Governor Says Russian Hackers Breached 2 Counties In 2016

Quote:DeSantis said he could not disclose which counties' networks were compromised, but he said the voter data that the attackers gained access to was already public.

"Nothing that affected the vote count," DeSantis said.

One sentence in the Mueller report prompted DeSantis' meeting with the FBI: "We understand the FBI believes that this operation enabled [Russian military intelligence] to gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government" during the 2016 election.

The mention that Russian hackers had accessed Florida networks came as a surprise to many in the state.

"I haven't heard even a whisper" about such a breach, said Paul Lux, president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections in an interview with NPR last month.

To break into the Florida elections systems, the Russian hackers used a spear-phishing campaign, where they used email addresses designed to look like a voting system vendor to trick the election officials into giving them access to their networks.

Want more details. But this at least is something specific that can be proven, assessed, prevented in the future, etc.

Florida needs to be put on probation.

Buried at the end of the story.

"Last year, former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson warned that Russia had "penetrated" Florida's voter registration systems, but election officials denied that vehemently at the time.

Then-Gov. Rick Scott, who defeated Nelson in the Senate race, decried Nelson's claims and said they "only serve to erode public trust in our elections at a critical time."

“Florida Man....”

Wish Obama had done his job and taken the Russian threat seriously instead of trying to use it for the benefit of Hillary and his legacy.

Voting machines here in VA are not connected to a network or hackable. I support any law against internet voting. That would prevent this.

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(05-14-2019 08:09 PM)banker Wrote:  Wish Obama had done his job and taken the Russian threat seriously instead of trying to use it for the benefit of Hillary and his legacy.

Shhhhhh.....be very quite. Your not supposed to mention who was at the helm. It’s supposed to make Trump look bad.

Bunch of effin idiots in this country....

I support Tulsi's bill that requires a paper ballot backup.

(05-14-2019 09:56 PM)Kronke Wrote:  I support Tulsi's bill that requires a paper ballot backup.

Apparently you support her as well. Interesting...

hell, floridiots hacked Florida's election much worse than russia ever could

I "hacked" two Florida girls at the same time one Summer, does that count?

Could be any county. There are so many. We will see about it.