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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Russian Cyber Activity Raises Powerful Concerns

Russian hacking into U.S. official computer systems has raised major new concerns regarding national security.

Today's New York Times prints  a major investigative report on just how the hacking was done -- its history and the results obtained.  This hacking affected very much the Democratic Party.  While it cannot be said this was the major reason for D. Trump claiming he will be the next President, it did play a role.

The question now is one of keeping perspective.  The main reason we are in the situation we are in now is the Crosscheck program along with other Republican dirty tricks which successfully "disappeared" tens of thousands of legitimate votes, according to Greg Palast.

At the same time, the cyber attacks illustrate how vulnerable the U.S. remains to cyber attack.  It is a huge cautionary tale.


How Russia Broke Into U.S. Computer Systems

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