Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised 255
dunezone writes "As the election ends, news is coming out from both campaigns on what happened behind closed doors. During the summer, the Obama campaign had their systems hacked, but so did McCain — and not by each other, but by a third party. '... both the FBI and the Secret Service came to the campaign with an ominous warning: "You have a problem way bigger than what you understand," an agent told Obama's team. "You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system." The following day, Obama campaign chief David Plouffe heard from White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, to the same effect: "You have a real problem ... and you have to deal with it." The Feds told Obama's aides in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system had been similarly compromised.'"
Also from the article: "Officials at the FBI and the White House told the Obama campaign that they believed a foreign entity or organization sought to gather information on the evolution of both camps' policy positions — information that might be useful in negotiations with a future administration."
Is that all? The IntarTubes have a solution! (Score:5, Informative)
Is that all they're after? Pff. The Internet Archive [archive.org] already lets me do that. And if that's too much work, the candidates have already done the graphical diffs [versionista.com] for us!
Re:Who.... (Score:5, Informative)
Israel [wrmea.com] is a good example but there are many others. Somebody hurry up and post other examples before some mods with sticky trigger fingers see this and mod me down for being a "racist Jew-hater".
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Re:Is that all? The IntarTubes have a solution! (Score:5, Informative)
Did anyone read the rest of the article? I find it hilarious that Caribou Barbie went on an even bigger shopping spree than previously reported:
Wait, it gets better:
I am so glad we won't be hearing from her at least until 2012 or so... Corruption in Alaska? You betcha!
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Re:Or it coult just be /b/tards having a bit of fu (Score:5, Informative)
Anonymous is just the 4chan equivalent of Anonymous Coward. It's not supposed to be a group or an identity. Some of them just decided "We Are Anonymous" sounded cool, but they were using the word in a completely literal sense.
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Re:Is that all? The IntarTubes have a solution! (Score:3, Informative)
As far as I know, you can't nominate yourself.
Well the previous governor Murkowski who followed Gravel(yeah that Gravel) into the Senate, ran for Gov. of Alaska, won and appointed his daughter to full out the remainder of his term, which pissed so many people off they may have stripped that power from the governor otherwise, I see no reason Ms. Palin couldn't make herself or her husband the next Senator from AK.