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Expert: Georgia election server showed signs of tampering
AP ^ | 01 17 2020 | FRANK BAJAK

Posted on 01/16/2020 8:35:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen

A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs that the original server was hacked.

The server was left exposed to the open internet for at least six months, a problem the same expert discovered in August 2016. It was subsequently wiped clean in mid-2017 with no notice, just days after election integrity activists filed a lawsuit seeking an overhaul of what they called the state’s unreliable and negligently run election system.

In late December 2019, the plaintiffs were finally able to obtain a copy of the server’s contents that the FBI made in March 2017 and retained — after the state allegedly dragged its feet in securing the image.

State officials have said they’ve seen no evidence that any election-related data was compromised. But they also long refused to submit the server image for an independent examination.

Logan Lamb, a security expert for the plaintiffs, said in an affidavit filed in Atlanta federal court on Thursday that he found evidence suggesting the server was compromised in December 2014. Lamb said the evidence suggests an attacker exploited a bug that provided full control of the server.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2014election; 2016election; 2018election; abrams; democrats; election; election2012; election2014; election2016; election2018; fakeexpert; fakenews; georgia; noevidence; staceyabrams; talkingcrap; tampering; voting
The server was left exposed to the open internet for at least six months

Who was responsible for insuring the integrity of the Georgia election?

1 posted on 01/16/2020 8:35:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Ya don’t say.


2 posted on 01/16/2020 8:36:30 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: yesthatjallen

In 2016, it would have been then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp.


3 posted on 01/16/2020 8:38:58 PM PST by GrootheWanderer
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To: yesthatjallen

“ Who was responsible for insuring the integrity of the Georgia election?”

The Democrat Party.


4 posted on 01/16/2020 8:39:22 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: yesthatjallen

Cheerleading for Stacey Abrams?


5 posted on 01/16/2020 8:44:17 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: yesthatjallen

Vote tampering would explain why a lunatic racist and Soros-funded puppet like Scaty Abrams came within 50% of winning the GA Governor’s race.


6 posted on 01/16/2020 8:58:03 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Time to go back to paper ballots!


7 posted on 01/16/2020 9:08:22 PM PST by princess leah (Princess Leah)
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To: princess leah

And purple ink on fingers. A sharpie might do in a pinch.


8 posted on 01/16/2020 9:10:25 PM PST by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever. my)
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To: yesthatjallen

Here’s my rules on how to run an election

ID needed to vote
Registration ends 2 weeks before election
Election roles are purged every 10 years - voters must re-register every 10 years
24 hour voting day
No early voting
No drive-up voting
No absentee voting, except for active military
All voting is done on paper, no computers

Everyone talks about “rights.” No one talks about responsibility.


9 posted on 01/16/2020 9:18:37 PM PST by PGR88
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To: yesthatjallen

Did they find a stack of pancakes and syrup in it? Aunt Abrams must have been stirring up some in it.


10 posted on 01/16/2020 9:29:12 PM PST by DOC44
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To: PGR88

How they will steal the election in Nov! This sh*t should have been cleaned up starting on Jan 21, 2017!


11 posted on 01/16/2020 9:44:49 PM PST by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: yesthatjallen

Was it the Federal government doing it again?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-reports-attempt-to-hack-states-election-database-via-ip-address-linked-to-homeland-security-1481229960

https://www.cyberscoop.com/georgia-hack-dhs-brian-kemp-jeh-johnson/


12 posted on 01/16/2020 10:19:26 PM PST by Tejas Rob
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To: epluribus_2
A sharpie might do in a pinch.

Sharpie ink can be removed with rubbing alcohol. You need something more durable for this purpose.

13 posted on 01/16/2020 10:24:35 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: DOC44

Did they find a stack of pancakes and syrup in it? Aunt Abrams must have been stirring up some in it.
…………………………………….

In the gap between her teeth.


14 posted on 01/16/2020 10:31:53 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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To: exDemMom

The purple finger mark is actually a dye. Like a henna type dye that takes a few weeks to go away.


15 posted on 01/17/2020 12:08:30 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Meatspace

Stacks of ballots harvested for the purpose.


16 posted on 01/17/2020 2:26:31 AM PST by Does so (...Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: princess leah

Well the new machines will spit out a paper ballot which the voter can review for accuracy and then scan it into the machine which retains the paper ballot for recount purposes.


17 posted on 01/17/2020 7:39:43 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Still not good enough. The bits can be manipulated for the printout, and transmitted as corrupted to the central computing facility. Only during a recount would it be caught, maybe. In fact, the scanned version can be manipulated as well, so to match the corrupted version transmitted earlier. The only way, IMHO, is paper and ink dye.


18 posted on 01/17/2020 7:51:19 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Yeh, I think thats a little far fetched since these machines will not be hooked to the internet. They should work fine.


19 posted on 01/17/2020 7:55:11 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SgtHooper

carbon copy paper ballots...
original for official tallying...
carbon copy for voters for future reference...
ink dye on middle finger...
eliminate all non election day voting except military personnel...


20 posted on 01/17/2020 8:35:35 AM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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