State of Georgia: Election Server May Have Been Compromised During 2016, 2018 Elections

January 20, 2020 by Marc Handelman in Information Security, Election Manipulation, Election Security, Elections

via Dan Goodin, Security Editor at Ars Technica, comes news that no one in the State of Georgia wants to hear (unless, of course, you are one of the responsible miscreants for this afront to constitutional good order): At least one election server exhibits evidence of compromise - due to the machine's vulnerability to the Shellshock exploit - which, of course is bad news. The only quesiton we have is: What are the next moves Georgia Election Offcials will take?

'Forensic evidence shows signs that a Georgia election server may have been hacked ahead of the 2016 and 2018 elections by someone who exploited Shellshock, a critical flaw that gives attackers full control over vulnerable systems' - viq Dan Goodin Security Editor at Ars Technica

US District Court Judge To State of Georgia: Bad, Bad, Double-Bad

September 18, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Vulnerable Systems, Vulnerabilities, Malware, Malware Detection, Elections, Election Security, Election Manipulation, Election Fraud, Electioneering

via Cyrus Farivar, writing at Ars Technica, of the apparent displeasure noted by United States District Court Judge Amy Totenberg, whilst Her Honor viewed the shenanigans being perpertrated by the State of Georgia's voting commision. Suprised? Don't be.. The centuries lomg tradition of election manipulations is coming to the fore, as the aft begins sinking under it's own weight of corruption, down south, that is. That said, the North, West and East aren't exactly doing that much better. Read Cyrus's superb reportage and weep for free, unfettered elections.

Alex Halderman, Ph.D., 'I Hacked An Election, So Can The Russians'

April 18, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Election Fraud, Election Infosecurity, Election Manipulation, Elections, Information Security

The Fifty Million of Cambridge Analytica →

March 20, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Data Mining, Data Science, Data Loss Prevention, Data Sciences, Data That Wants To Be Big, Information Security, Illicit Behavior, Data Theft, Election Manipulation

via Graham Cluley, writing at Graham Cluley.com comes an outstanding piece targeting the naughty boys and girls at Cambridge Analytica and (owned by both parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL - a private company officed at London, UK and the Family of Robert Mercer, an American hedge fund manager with offices domiciled in Washington DC, London, UK and New York, NY) detailing the move to ban the organizations utilization of Facebook, Inc. (NYSE: FB) data.

All this because of a measely 50 Million Facebook User records still held by Cambridge Analytica. As the data is really yours, perhaps you should know, eh? Of course, as stewards of your user data, Facebook, Inc. is truly responsible for any misuse thereof, right?

'Hot on the heels of banning the Britain First group from its network, Facebook has announced it has suspended political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, and its parent company Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL).' - via Graham Cluley, writing at Graham Cluley.com

And then there's this...