Hackers and Spending Sprees

Newsweek | Nov. 5, 2008 (News Report)

The computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack by an unknown "foreign entity," prompting a federal investigation, NewsWeek reports today.

At the Obama headquarters in midsummer, technology experts detected what they initially thought was a computer virus—a case of "phishing," a form of hacking often employed to steal passwords or credit-card numbers. But by the next day, both the FBI and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Internet, Obama Administration, John McCain, Computers
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 5, 2008 - 12:48 PM PST
Reviewed by: Carolyn Paulding (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Blake Ianni (review), Claude Florin (review)
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 5, 2008

A couple interesting news tidbits about the campaigns, but largely based on anonymous sources, which make them questionable. There is not much context either, but the topics are certainly intriguing.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 5, 2008

Stories that now can be told. Behind the scenes stories.

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 by Claude Florin - Nov. 8, 2008

Although I trust the journal, there are not enough facts, comparisons to draw conclusions and the anecdotes could have been summarized in a shorter article.

That both hackers and foreign intelligence agencies get attracted by political parties information systems seems an evidence. What's interresting is ... More »

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 by Blake Ianni - Nov. 6, 2008

Yes, it sheds light into a situeation we were unaware about.

Spending so much of other peoples money, without them knowing is stealing!

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    Wired by Kim Zetter | Nov. 6, 2008 (News Analysis)
    Newsweek is reporting that computer networks of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were the targets of a sophisticated cyberattack in the run-up to the general election and, ...
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