Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/08/22/election-system-copied-files-trump/

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https://archive.ph/nqmRK

Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.

A Georgia computer forensics firm hired by the attorneys placed the files on a server, where company records show they were downloaded dozens of times. Among the downloaders were accounts associated with a Texas meteorologist who has appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show; a podcaster who suggested political enemies should be executed; a former pro-surfer who pushed disproved theories that the 2020 election was manipulated; and a self-described former “seduction and pickup coach” who claims to also have been a hacker.

Plaintiffs in a long-running federal lawsuit over the security of Georgia’s voting systems obtained the new records from the company, Atlanta-based SullivanStrickler, under a subpoena to one of its executives. The records include contracts between the firm and the Trump-allied attorneys, notably Sidney Powell. The data files are described as copies of components from election systems in Coffee County, Ga., and Antrim County, Mich.

A series of data leaks and alleged breaches of local elections offices since 2020 has prompted criminal investigations and fueled concerns among some security experts that public disclosure of information collected from voting systems could be exploited by hackers and others people seeking to manipulate future elections.

Access to U.S. voting system software and other components is tightly regulated, and the government classifies those systems as “critical infrastructure.” The new batch of records shows for the first time how the files copied from election systems were distributed to people in multiple states.

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[AllaN01Bear]

1. violating every law in the land so they could get donald ding dong in office pernamantly

here is your votor fraud folks .

[magicarpet]

2. Really not "voter fraud",.. but rather "ELECTION FRAUD".

Voter fraud is customarily accomplished on an individual basis. Where as election fraud is far more dangerous to democracy because it seeks to throw the entire election on a grand scale and cheat the actual winner from a legitimate election victory and give it to someone else who was not chosen by the voters.

[crickets]

3. K&R for visibility. 🤬

[demmiblue]

4. ...

[Nevilledog]

5. Kick

[lindysalsagal]

6. "But, her emails!"