Posted on 01/08/2019 7:26:23 AM PST by MNDude
An attempted hack into Georgia’s voter registration database was traced back to the Department of Homeland Security, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
A third-party security firm working for the state detected the unsuccessful breach and linked it to an IP address associated with DHS, the report said. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp reportedly sent a letter to Homeland Security asking the department to confirm whether an attempt was made.
In his letter, The Wall Street Journal reported, Kemp asked the department to confirm whether a scan attempt was made, who authorized the scan and whether the department was scanning other state systems without authorization.
Leading up to the election, questions were raised about the security of state computer systems that protect voting data. Homeland Security reportedly considered declaring election systems as “critical infrastructure,” which would have given the federal agency the authority to protect the systems. A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security didn’t immediately respond to the publication’s request for comment
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So wait... DHS almost declared GA’s electron infrastructure critical and a potentially vulnerable, and scanned it for weaknesses, and they’re being accused of a hack?
More proof that the “Russians” were actually minions of the Kenyanesian Usurper.
So much time and money spent by Herr Mueller investigating Russian interference in our US elections.
What about our own US interference in our US elections?
When this story first appeared....no one would say who authorized the attempted ‘hack’. I haven’t tracked this story but aren’t we at the same point....still no one will admit who signed the paperwork to attempt the hack?
It should be possible to see exactly who it was that attempted the breach. The question now is, was it a rouge hacker using homeland security’s access point or was it part of a conspiracy that was sanctioned by homeland security.
Really, the first question might be, in what shallow grave is the person who is identified with the log on of the computer used during the attempt?
Kudos to Georgia for finding and tracing the attack and making it public.
Homeland Security should be testing the election infrastructure. It needs to do white hat attacks to see if they are vulnerable.
But it should be done under supervision with congressional oversight from both parties. Otherwise you could get rogue people inside Homeland Security actually manipulating elections.
Uh, didn’t this happen before the 2016 election? And wasn’t Obama in charge of the DHS then? Did it happen again, in 2018??
Ok, I looked at the article and the date on the article is in Dec, 2016! Why would you post something that old and not post the original date at the top? This makes it look like it happened in 2018 with Trump’s DHS in control!
It would help if you mentioned that this article is from: PUBLISHED THU, DEC 8 2016.
Thanks and regards.
Either way there were and are obamaninte embedded implants and holdovers EVERYwhere which were weaponized and are still operating..
I definitely agree with this. I would assume that there is documentation to show that the scan was routine and above board, although probably not normally available to states and other jurisdictions. Oversight should be enough, but these days even oversight is not politically impartial. Depending on party and objective, some things seem to be given the blind eye while others are scrutinized in on incessantly.
Then-President Barack Obama's $4.15 trillion budget request includes $50.4 billion for civilian agencies engaged in homeland security activities, most notably the Department of Homeland Security. Funding for homeland security is up 11.5 percent over 2016, an increase of $5.2 billion. That funding is spread out among 29 agencies, though the bulk is allocated for DHS, Health and Human Services, Justice Department, State Department and Energy Department.
As the agency with "homeland security" right in the name, DHS obviously gets the largest portion of funding: just over $36.8 billion. "This budget makes critical investments in our domestic and national security priorities," DHS said in a fact sheet released with the budget documents. "The budget continues to support DHS operations while making critical investments in a centralized cybersecurity program within the National Protection and Programs Directorate and frontline border security technology and infrastructure, as well as advancing Unity of Effort initiatives to further mature the department."
While funding for civilian homeland security programs is on the rise, that total does not include programs operated by the Department of Defense and other mandatory spending fees. Overall (civilian and defense), the president's budget includes a total $70.5 billion for homeland security, a 1.7 percent decrease over 2016. A good chunk of the $1.2 billion decrease comes from no longer including funding for the national public safety broadband initiative — FirstNet — which was funded in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 budgets.
The majority of homeland security funding (civilian and defense) will target three broad categories, according to budget documents:
<><> Preventing and disrupting terrorist attacks ($36.6 billion);
<><> Protecting the American people, critical infrastructure and key resources ($27.7 billion); and
<><> Responding to and recovering from incidents, including natural disasters ($6.2 billion).
"The budget shows that the president and the administration remain focused on meeting our greatest challenges — including accelerating the pace of innovation to tackle climate change and find new treatments for devastating diseases; giving everyone a fair shot at opportunity and economic security; and advancing our national security and global leadership," DHS said. "Not only for the year ahead, but for decades to come."
SOURCE https://www.federaltimes.com/management/budget/2016/02/09/50b-homeland-security-budget-focused-on-terrorism-critical-infrastructure/
They should inform the state afterwards. The fact that they haven’t yet communicated to the state even though the state pointed the finger at them, indicates there might be a problem.
The fact that they haven’t yet communicated to the state even though the state pointed the finger at them, indicates there might be a problem.
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That’s a great point. I like your take.
I just wonder if there isn’t a bunch of bureaucratic BS standing in the way. You know, like all those information sharing rules etc...
They came very very close to stealing the Georgia Governor race. The Rat
was pretty much unelectable in a state wide Race but damn near won it.
This is old news. As far as I know Kemp has never gotten a response from DHS.
That’s always possible.
In agencies that large, one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing. And the top is often cluesless as well.
It was the kenyan.
Depends on whether that is actually the case...it’s business as usual to conduct attacks to look for vulnerabilities but with the deep State, who knows....especially when it is done against a Trump State.
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