So did anyone ever figure out the source

[cilla4progress]

of that insane god emporer post in this site on election night 2016???

[KT2000]

1. Would love to know too

It was so sick.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. You'd have to ask the admins

It took me ages to get up the courage to look at it. After I was able to get back on DU, that is. It seemed like half of DU was shut out after that.

[we can do it]

3. Gawd that freaked me out. Then the results freaked me out more.

[denbot]

4. I think it was a strategic act in coordination with the rest of the shit that day.

We got hit because we are a part of an information nexus outside of the corporate media, and I doubt if it was a domestic actor.

[Treefrog]

5. Lol.

[denbot]

6. Dude, sounds crazy but we can get stories out quickly.

2016 was hacked, and disinformation to support it was across all media platforms. We just happen to go dark as it went down..

[MontanaMama]

7. I don't think you are wrong.

I absolutely rely on DU as a source for timely and accurate news and so do many others. This site was anti-Putin / tRump loud and clear from the beginning. It wouldn’t surprise in the least if the take down of this site was a small part of a larger coordinated effort to silence liberal voices.

[LeftInTX]

8. The video is on youtube

And then I saw another video which recorded the DU hack.
The person then claimed they did not hack DU.

[cilla4progress]

10. I was trying to remember -

WAS it a video?

It tipped me off as friends gathered at our place for an election night party that hell was at our door.

[LeftInTX]

11. Yes it was

I only can find one copy of the video on youtube and it's not exact one that was used to hack DU. There were numerous out there in 2016.

ETA: I think I found the one that was used to hack DU.

Also many of these Trump videos have moved to a new platform called Rumble. Trump himself is on Rumble.

[JHB]

9. Aside form the obvious "someone in Eastern Europe," no, at least nothing said/claimed publicly

[fescuerescue]

12. The authorities don't really spend much time on small time hacks.

If they spend any time at all.

They really only dig into it, if there was a large amount of money lost, or lives endangered.