FBI chief says Russia hacked Republican Party computers

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FBI Director James B. Comey confirmed that Russian hackers accessed some Republican Party computer servers and outdated Republican National Committee (RNC) domains, but did not leak any information. This contrasts with the significant leaks from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign. President Trump has consistently denied Russia's involvement in the hacks, attributing the security failures to the DNC rather than Russian actions, and commended the RNC for its stronger cybersecurity measures. Comey noted that while evidence of hacking was found at state-level organizations and campaigns, there was no indication that the Trump campaign or current RNC was successfully hacked. Concerns were raised about the security of critical infrastructure, such as nuclear power plants, and the potential vulnerabilities of open communication lines. The discussion reflects ongoing skepticism about the implications of these cyberattacks and their political motivations.
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This will be interesting to follow.

FBI chief says Russia hacked some Republican Party computers but didn't leak the information

Russian hackers stole information from state-level Republican Party computer servers and old Republican National Committee digital domains, FBI Director James B. Comey told a Senate panel Tuesday.

But that information wasn't leaked and posted online, he said.

That was in sharp contrast to the Russian hacks and leaks of thousands of emails from Democratic National Committee computers and from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta.

Trump has repeatedly denied that Russia was behind the hacks. He was briefed on the full classified intelligence report Friday, not just the portion made public.

On Saturday, he blamed the DNC for not protecting its computers, not Russia for conducting the hacks, and praised the RNC for having stronger cyberdefenses.



http://www.latimes.com/nation/polit...rom-some-republican-1484084353-htmlstory.html

 
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'cyberattacks' are in the news these days ... I don't believe it , some weird political game is being played... they are telling us the grid is vulnerable , nuke power plants are at risk!

Can someone tell me why anyone in their right mind would connect the control of a nuke power plant to an open phone line , that anyone can hack into if they get the passwords ...technicians inside the plant control things ... no need for an outside link!
 
Evo said:
This will be interesting to follow.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-russians-stole-from-some-republican-1484084353-htmlstory.html

It doesn't look like they didn't found anything interesting on the obsolete RNC domain that I read was only used for political event notifications by Graham and a few other senators when the new RNC servers were online.
It helps not to have people like Weiner with a password of p@ssw0rd using your systems.o0)
Edit by mod: deleted link to unapproved source.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/
Comey later added that "there was evidence of hacking directed at state-level organizations, state-level campaigns, and the RNC, but old domains of the RNC, meaning old emails they weren't using. None of that was released."
Comey said there was no sign "that the Trump campaign or the current RNC was successfully hacked."
 
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I'm going to close this so it doesn't go off topic, apparently the Russian hacking is widespread, not surprised. No sign of hacking doesn't necessarily mean no access if they had could get in from other computers that had access. That's just one way. But I'm sure it's being looked into.
 

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