Ohio secretary of state's Web site hacked

[jefferson_dem]

Ohio secretary of state's Web site hacked

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- The Web site of the Ohio secretary of state was back up and running Tuesday, a day after officials pulled the site partially offline when it was hacked by unknown outsiders.

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says her office has received death threats.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner told CNN that "fortunately" no sensitive material was breached in the incident.

"We found it in time that we were able to mitigate any problems," she said.

However, Brunner said it wasn't the first time her office, which has been embroiled in an ongoing dispute with the state Republican Party over alleged voter registration fraud, has been targeted and that death threats have been part of the package.

"There's been a concerted effort to barrage the office with e-mails and phone calls," she said, "not just to our elections division but to business services division. My employees have been real troopers here.

"The First Amendment is alive and well in the United States, and you know that, and they're not coming just from Ohio. A lot of times, they're coming from other states. But this is all part of the process. And my employees are doing a fantastic job of staying focused on what they need to do."

Brunner said the Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating the hack, the calls and e-mails, as well as a suspicious package with a message that said "Death to Obama supporters" and an unidentified powder. That package, addressed to an old office building, was delivered by her office by mail last week, she said.

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[MagickMuffin]

1. Gee Whiz, Death Threats, I'm sure these A**holes are "Real Americans"...... NOT

It would seem these A**holes are TERRORISTS.

I hope the investigations find out who these TERRORISTS are and put them away. Perhaps Gitmo has some openings.


edit:typo

[rucky]

2. straight up. n/t