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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: CNN Exclusive: FBI tracked 'fake news' believed to be from Russia on Election Day
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/politics/election-day-cyber-threat-fbi-monitoring/index.html?Sr=twtsr0804fbirussiaThe FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing "fake news," CNN has learned.
In the months leading up to Election Day, Twitter and Facebook were the feeding grounds for viral "news" stories floating conspiracies and hoaxes, many aimed at spreading negative false claims about Hillary Clinton.
On Election Day, dozens of agents and analysts huddled at a command center arrayed with large monitoring screens at the FBI headquarters in Washington watching for security threats, according to multiple sources.
That included analysts monitoring cyber threats, after months of mounting Russian intrusions targeting every part of the US political system, from political parties to policy think-tanks to state election systems.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,235 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)"Are you kidding?" that official recalled saying to others at the White House as they celebrated a successful election. "What they did worked!"
groundloop
(11,545 posts)Fuck Comey, fuck the horse he rode in on, and fuck his book deal. I don't care if he has enough evidence to put 45* in prison for a thousand years, his damned last minute email memo was the icing on the cake for Putin's candidate.
I also can't help but to think about all the meddling the US has done in other countries. In a way this election hack against the US was long overdue, but hell......we're screwed.
4139
(1,897 posts)rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,631 posts)I was on DU when that shit went down on election day. The video that was played repeatedly on DU had a very Eastern European feel. I don't beleive the DU Admins have ever stated who they think was behind it, but my guess is Russian trolls.
Baitball Blogger
(46,821 posts)Maybe it's in the "minor" details that we'll find the biggest lead.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)onethatcares
(16,231 posts)the attack stopped the largest Democratic website from seeing what was going on and collaborating on a fix.
This country is fucked.
procon
(15,805 posts)If you don't count the fact that a buffoon like Trump was elected.
certainot
(9,090 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, by coincidence?
Scurrilous
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