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Russian Email Domains Target US Polling Sites with Bomb Threats, FBI Says (theverge.com) 34

Posted by msmash from the breaking-news dept.
The FBI warned on Tuesday that polling stations across multiple U.S. states received fake bomb threats sent from Russian email domains, forcing brief evacuations at two voting sites in Georgia's Fulton County.

The threats, which targeted locations in Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, have not been deemed credible, the FBI said in a statement. The evacuated Fulton County sites reopened after 30 minutes, prompting local officials to seek extended voting hours beyond the 7 p.m. ET deadline.

The incidents follow Friday's joint intelligence warning from the FBI, ODNI, and CISA about Russian-created fake videos aimed at undermining election integrity. The agencies also reported Russian actors are spreading false claims about planned election fraud by U.S. officials.

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Russian Email Domains Target US Polling Sites with Bomb Threats, FBI Says

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  • Russia would use something so easily traceable, after all, how much TCPIP can you run on a washing machine microcontroller? Also, in this world, no one spoofs IP addresses or runs propaganda stories for some kind of ulterior motive...

    • Unlike the two fake videos Russia has already put out [cbsnews.com] about election integrity. Because there's no way they'd do something such as put out fake bomb threats. Just like they stated they had no intention of invading [bbc.co.uk] and attacking Ukraine.

    • The premise required for your statement is that Russia would have a need to hide the actions against the US.

      What if Russia wants to make sure that the American people know there are consequences for aiding Ukraine? We Americans are not subtle and maybe Putin is just making sure we're all on the same page. He did promise to punish the West on multiple occasions.

      • The premise required for your statement is that Russia would have a need to hide the actions against the US.

        What if Russia wants to make sure that the American people know there are consequences for aiding Ukraine?

        Russia absolutely needs to hide it. They stand to lose MAGA support and risk massively increased support for military spending to help Ukraine if they start being overtly openly hostile to the US. This is especially the case when contemplating conducting any kind of attack or threats of attacks against the US.

  • A Georgia man was already arrested for at least one of the bomb threats in Georgia. Why is the only proof Russians did something is someone saying "there is a likelihood it was Russian." Is that really all it takes for a story like this to take off? Give us the truth. https://www.usatoday.com/story... [usatoday.com]
    • No one could ever sign up for an e-mail account on a Russian domain name. Look how hard it is to create a Gmail account.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Ogive17 ( 691899 )
      Clearly... the summary even confirms they were fake bomb threats, not it didn't even happen.

      FAKE NEWS
      • Because the point of a bomb threat is the threat not the bomb. If this was a real bombing then the article headline would be talking about the explosives they found not the threat itself.

        This might be a quirk of American English though so if you're not American it might not make sense. I don't know maybe overseas the phrase bomb threat might be used when there's an actual bomb. But in America we don't use that phrase for anything but a fake threat designed to cause confusion and delays.

    • I'm old enough to remember when Russia was the great enemy of US conservatives. Now, some US conservatives seem to be Russia's greatest apologists.

      • They're fascists, and trumphumpers want us to be fascists too. Only difference is they want to install a moron as the dictator.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by jythie ( 914043 )
        Well, yeah. US conservatives really only care about two things : God and Capitalism. Soviet Russia was atheist and did not allow foreign investment. Modern Russia gives the state church immense power and is perfectly happy to cut wealthy Americans in on its economy..

        Conversely, look at China.. conservatives loved it when it was a way for Americans to make piles of money, but when they started cracking down on foreign investors owning Chinese companies, they became the great evil.

      • They don't even hide it. Visiting Russia on July 4th. https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06... [npr.org]

    • A Georgia man was arrested on Nov 4th for bomb threats made on Nov 5th? Either the police have a time machine or these are different incidents.

  • is a Russian asset.

    It boggles the mind to think how bad the kompromat they have on him must be given that he sheds all normal accusations (and criminal convictions) like Teflon man.

    • Re: (Score:2, Flamebait)

      by DesScorp ( 410532 )

      is a Russian asset.

      It boggles the mind to think how bad the kompromat they have on him must be given that he sheds all normal accusations (and criminal convictions) like Teflon man.

      HaHaHaHaHa.

      Oh, the next four years are gonna be fun. Especially in this place.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by gweihir ( 88907 )

      There really is not doubt about that. His increasingly panicky attempts in the last few days (je starts to resemble the Joker, IMO) and him already preparing a campaign of lies in case he loses are quite telling. They probably have him on camera raping a few children or something like that.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by deKernel ( 65640 )

        Have you thought about having a Dr. adjust your dosages? No, I'm really serious because you sound like someone with some seriously unfounded illusions floating around in your head that are not healthy.

    • lol.

      Also clear that slashdot participants are as polarized as the US population.
  • Also has a video about illegal mass voter registration challenges in Pennsylvania coming in right on election Day. They are illegal because they are made with form letters without specific knowledge of any voter which isn't allowed. The Secretary of State over there isn't fucking around and is told everyone to disregard them but it's going to add a bunch of confusion and chaos one way or another which is the goal.

    These ones might not be Russians in Georgia there are five people who have been challenging

    • Remember that, prior to the 2020 election, it was the Pennsylvania GOP who pushed through a law requiring all work on vote tabulation had to wait until after voting closes on election day... and then they started complaining about how long it was taking to get a final result.

  • A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Trump openly shits on our allies and fawns over dictators.

    • It's also a vote for a massive refugee crisis.

      What do you think will happen once Trump cuts off aid to Ukraine and lets Russia conquer a nation of 33 million. Would you stick around as Russians banned your native language, your religion, and regularly "disappeared" anyone who got too loud about their Ukrainian identity?

  • Seems like the least likely place to find a bomb is where a bomb threat is made.
  • It's all absolutely true. They're trying to steal the election again. I know because I saw a video on TikTok about it! Stop the steal... again!!! ;-P

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