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Shouldn't election be organized such that it cannot be disrupted by Internet attacks from abroad? At least not so easily. Also, I tried opening the PDF [1] wit
by codedokode 2y ago
Shouldn't election be organized such that it cannot be disrupted by Internet attacks from abroad? At least not so easily.
Also, I tried opening the PDF [1] with so called "declassified report" and while I cannot read Romanian, the first header contains "TikTok" and I am left wondering how can one hack an election system using Tiktok? Did they count the votes using TikTok videos? And what about Telegram (mentioned nearby)? It doesn't even have a newsfeed. Oh those powerful hackers!
Judging by "distribuite numeroase imagini" and "blockarea accessului visual" (which almost sounds English), TikTok hacked their elections by simply refusing to block a video (or by blocking it?).
> Access credentials for election websites were stolen by threat actors and leaked on a Russian hacker forum
What a sad state of European cybersecurity. But this threat seems to be real, unlike the TikTok attack.
[1] https://www.presidency.ro/files/userfiles/Documente%20CSAT/Document%20CSAT%20SRI%20I.pdf https://www.presidency.ro/files/userfiles/Documente%20CSAT/D...
- evilfred 2y agoif you can't read Romanian then your insights into a Romanian report aren't very useful.
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- stefanv 2y agoThere are two separate issues: (1) TikTok favoring one candidate even after the campaign was over, and (2) an IT systems breach.
- logicchains 2y ago>TikTok favoring one candidate even after the campaign was over This shouldn't be an issue because, the mainstream candidates where heavily favoured by the conventional media. If TikTok isn't allowed to publish media supportive of one candidate then the mainstream media shouldn't be either.
- cbg0 2y agoThat's not how the law works in Romania. As a political candidate, your paid ads have to marked accordingly with a number that can be traced back and all donations and spending must be reported to a government authority. One of the issues with this TikTok business was that many ads for Georgescu were not marked correctly, and thus in violation of electoral law.
- jillyboel 2y ago[flagged]
- codedokode 2y agoUnderstandable, PHP doesn't have the best reputation.
- dang 2y agoYou can't attack others here based on nationality, regardless of which nationality. No more of this, please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jillyboel 2y ago[flagged]
- orthecreedence 2y ago[flagged]
- jillyboel 2y ago[flagged]
- aguaviva 2y agoAnd while I cannot read Romanian, If you can use a mouse, and you know how to cut-and-paste -- you can read Romanian. If you can't be bothered to do that, then I doubt anyone will be interested in your complaints about content of report, or your inferences as to its broader implications.
- AdrianB1 2y agoThere is no hacking. There was a massive campaign on TikTok for a candidate, that campaign was surprisingly effective, putting someone that most people never heard of, in the first place. That is now hacking, that is trolling grandmaster level.