Iranian Operatives Charged in the US With Hacking Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign (apnews.com) 27
The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations. From a report: The three accused hackers were employed by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and their operation also targeted a broad swath of targets, including government officials, members of the media and non-governmental organizations, the Justice Department said.
The Trump campaign disclosed on Aug. 10 that it had been hacked and said Iranian actors had stolen and distributed sensitive internal documents. Multiple major news organizations that said they were leaked confidential information from inside the Trump campaign, including Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post, declined to publish it.
The Trump campaign disclosed on Aug. 10 that it had been hacked and said Iranian actors had stolen and distributed sensitive internal documents. Multiple major news organizations that said they were leaked confidential information from inside the Trump campaign, including Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post, declined to publish it.
Humor rich story (Score:1)
Come on folks, this one is a gold mine for the jokes.
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Mod parent funny? Even though I have no idea what you're thinking? Please elaborate.
But I think the obvious joke about 'only hiring the best people' is too obvious for a Funny mod. (Another obvious joke I've been looking for would involve an orange albatross with three right wings...)
Re:Doubt.exe (Score:5, Informative)
The illusion that the vast majority of people think so much like you they automatically know what you think is a by-product of consuming too much content mediated by engagement maximizing algorithms. Or in some cases relying to much on cable news.
Re:Doubt.exe (Score:4, Funny)
The illusion that the vast majority of people think so much like you they automatically know what you think is a by-product of consuming too much content mediated by engagement maximizing algorithms. Or in some cases relying to much on cable news.
that was exactly what I was thinking.
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I was very impressed by the spread of "Let's go Brandon". Such witty, independent thinkers!
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Perhaps what makes it funny is that people reading it will all read something different into it, and react without realizing they've been made fools of. :D
Where are they? (Score:2)
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If all of their documents are written in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, or is it just Trump's posts?
I think the Iranians hacked something. Then fed it all to ChatGPT for translation into their fancy R-L crusive script-like written language and got this material pointing it all to Trump. So they translated all that ChatGPT translated stuff into English and handed it over to the Democrats.
Only thing missing from the news is a request from the Iranians to the Democrats asking them to Pay Up Or Else for this service.
Motive (Score:2, Insightful)
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Or maybe they think Trump is the insane wild card that he is and would rather deal with a rational grown-up.
See, the partisan arguments can go both ways here
Re:Motive (Score:4, Informative)
... it would seem that Iran is more afraid of Trump than Harris.
Actually they're angry that Trump had Qassem Soleimani killed.
It's kind of funny. The Russians hack the Democrats, the Iranians hack Trump. The Russians and Iranians are practically allies. They should probably schedule some collaborative hacker meetings to make sure they're on the same page.
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Re: Motive (Score:2)
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When did the Russians hack the Harris campaign? If you're talking about the Clinton e-mail server, it has since become clear, it wasn't just the Russians, Iranians, Israelis, even Germany and North Korea was supposedly poking around, which you know, if you're running an Exchange 2003 server in a bathroom is kind of what you deserve.
Iranians hack Trump, they made it clear why, they want revenge for effectively decapitating their terror network for several years, only last year is when they got things back up
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They are in an alliance of circumstances, like the US and the Taliban in early 1980s. The common statement between Russia and Iran is their hate for the West, though they might disagree on which Westerner they hate the most.
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...it would seem that Iran is more afraid of Trump than Harris.
You really think it's that and not that Iran expects Trump to attempt another insurrection and plunge the USA into chaos?
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You really think it's that and not that Iran expects Trump to attempt another insurrection and plunge the USA into chaos?
Downmod my post if it hurts your feelz, but it remains a legitimate point.
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Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was assassinated on 3 January 2020 by US drone strike under the Trump administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] Iran isn't interested in having a US president that demonstrated bellicose intends against them.
Pointer to the Dossier in question (Score:4, Informative)
Article: https://www.kenklippenstein.co... [kenklippenstein.com]
J. D. Jance dossier https://www.kenklippenstein.co... [kenklippenstein.com]
Revolutionary Guard? (Score:2)
Iran = CIA (Score:2)
... declined to publish it. (Score:1)
Yes, of course, nobody expects them to bite the hand that feeds. They sure were quick to publish the Clinton bullshit though. If they have it and don't publish, they are negligent in their duty to the public. If it was Iranians (which I doubt), then apparently they don't want it widely released either, or looking for a "reward", otherwise they would just put it up on their own servers for all to see. The story is bogus. Pics or GTFO!