From Time Magazine:
The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful attempt to alter voter information, and the theft of thousands of voter records that contain private information like partial Social Security numbers, current and former officials tell TIME.
In one case, investigators found there had been a manipulation of voter data in a county database but the alterations were discovered and rectified, two sources familiar with the matter tell TIME. Investigators have not identified whether the hackers in that case were Russian agents.
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Both intelligence committees are looking at whether and how the intrusions could have furthered Russia’s larger strategic goals of undermining U.S. democracy, hurting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump. During the run up to the vote, Obama Administration cyber-security officials took steps to prepare for widespread voter registration manipulation, fearing Russia might seek to cause chaos at polling places to undermine the credibility of the election. Current and former law enforcement and intelligence officials say Russia could also have tried to use stolen voter data to gain leverage over witting or unwitting accomplices in the Trump camp, by involving them in a broader conspiracy.
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So the alterations were caught and rectified in the case of that one county. However, it sure seems likely that other county databases got hit, and the hacking was never caught.
As Charles Pierce noted in Esquire last week:
We are creeping ever closer to actual evidence that there was Russian ratfcking of the vote totals in the last election.
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And Harvard/Pentagon cyber security expert, Michael Sulmeyer, told CNN last week:
I am also not sure what kind of evidence would be sufficient to prove the negative: that no votes were affected.
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There is now proof that voter rolls were altered. If this isn’t DEFCON 1, upside-down flag, national emergency material, I don’t know what is.