Posted on 09/01/2018 11:01:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Nearly a year after Russian government hackers meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro zeroed in on a new sign of trouble: a group of suspect websites.
The sites mimicked a portal used by U.S. senators and their staffs, with easy-to-miss discrepancies. Emails to Senate users urged them to reset their passwords — an apparent attempt to steal them.
Once again, hackers on the outside of the American political system were probing for a way in.
“Their attack methods continue to take advantage of human nature and when you get into an election cycle the targets are very public ,” said Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro.
Now the U.S. has entered a new election cycle. And the attempt to infiltrate the Senate network, linked to hackers aligned with Russia and brought to public attention in July, is a reminder of the risks, and the difficulty of assessing them.
Newly reported attempts at infiltration and social media manipulation — which Moscow officially denies — point to Russia’s continued interest in meddling in U.S. politics. There is no clear evidence, experts said, of efforts by the Kremlin specifically designed to disrupt elections in November. But it wouldn’t take much to cause turmoil. …
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I’ve been awake at night for weeks worrying about Russian meddling in the mid terms.
Oh wait. I was awake all night because I work overnight :)
Let them blah blah blah.
That ####sucker mueller is the one that concerns me.
We have seen that he will RUIN AND CRUSH lives in order to try and get to Trump.
Even if he has nothing on Trump, we should not be watching people’s lives be destroyed because they are associated with Trump in any way.
Meanwhile China and North Korea do 10X what Russia ever dreamed of doing.
The Russians are phishers of men.
It ain’t Russians I’m worried about when it comes to the midterms and the presidential race two years from now. It’s Democrats who I’m wary of when it comes to vote fraud!
The Dims are getting ready to blame the Ruskes again if they don’t win the House. Take it to the bank.
Russian meddling worked so good last time(fake investigation of Trump) they’ll keep using it
I’m far more concerned with Democrat voter fraud.
Obama tried to influence the Israeli elections. Fortunately for Bibi Netanyahu, he’s totally inept.
I have used Trend Micro before but never again.
I’m envisioning ten beautiful Russian women trying to wrestle my ballot away from me.
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