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Johns Hopkins SAIS. Author of ACTIVE MEASURES (2020), RISE OF THE MACHINES (2016), and more. Founding director at @alperovitch.

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    1. Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016

      FBI investigating recent breaches of state election databases in Arizona & Illinois; voter registration data exfiledhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-says-foreign-hackers-penetrated-000000175.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw …

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      Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016

      This is big: the full FBI alert with detailed indicators of hacked election databases https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/politics/images/boe_flash_aug_2016_final.pdf …pic.twitter.com/AFj1oIS9Uj

      5:39 AM - 29 Aug 2016
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        1. Joan Carol‏ @psychomama 29 Aug 2016
          Replying to @RidT @black_cat46

          Will the Russians hack voting machines on election day to give the vote to Comrade Trump?

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        1. daveaitel‏ @daveaitel 29 Aug 2016
          Replying to @RidT @jms_dot_py

          :) http://cybersecpolitics.blogspot.com/2016/07/when-is-cyber-attack-act-of-war.html …

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        2. Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016
          Replying to @RidT

          Also important: "Federal & state election officials say that the prospect of disrupting the November elections is remote" < they are right

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        3. Jaraparilla‏ @jaraparilla 29 Aug 2016
          Replying to @RidT

          yeah, it's already been decided.

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        1. Great Aussie Shelia.‏ @Shalaghthegreat 29 Aug 2016
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          @TheMurdochTimes Jayzus!!!!!!!!

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        1. Steven M. Bellovin‏Verified account @SteveBellovin 29 Aug 2016
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          @cigitalgem Paging Special Agent Bobby Tables?

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        1. Leif Nixon‏ @leifnixon 29 Aug 2016
          Replying to @RidT

          grr, somebody is leaking AMBER data.

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        1. Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016
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          Thomas Rid Retweeted Richard Bejtlich

          Also, @taosecurity is right—a TLP:AMBER doc *should not have been leaked*, undermines trust throughout the communityhttps://twitter.com/taosecurity/status/770244644168806400 …

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          Richard BejtlichVerified account @taosecurity
          So who leaked a TLP:AMBER bulletin to the press? Not cool. This is why Feds can be reluctant to share w/others. https://twitter.com/mattwaxman1/status/770233657718108160 …
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        2. Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016
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          Why is this voting-related intrusion activity and the FBI investigation significant? Three main reasons:

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        3. Thomas Rid‏Verified account @RidT 29 Aug 2016
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          1—Interfering with any voting-related system is bound to get a lot of attention, even if actual technical facts don't merit that attention

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