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Oh I still remember this https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/election-day-russia-hacking-explained/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/elect
by dominotw 9y ago
Oh I still remember this
https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/election-day-russia-hacking-explained/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/election-day-russia-...
> But election officials and cyber experts say it's virtually impossible for Moscow or some other outside group to influence the election outcome.
> Hackers could create mischief -- some say "chaos" -- but the election system is resilient enough to withstand shocks.
And this
> Rumors of hacking -- even if not successful -- could undermine faith in the election and play into a losing politician's claim that the election was "rigged.
Even Obama went out of his way to claim that this is impossible, smh. Its funny how this went from "cannot be hacked" to "myth".
Surely these politicians were doing no grilling when they thought their side was winning.
Same old politicians doing partisan crap. I wonder if there would have been HN comments claiming republicans senators are heroes for "grilling" had Hillary won.
- dominotw 9y agowhy was this downvoted. Do people seriously believe that these people would have been doing any sort of 'grilling' had hillary won?