Email account of Roger Stone, the self-proclaimed GOP “agent provocateur,” was accessed by spies who used it to target the Trump campaign.

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Stone was convicted of seven felony charges in November 2019, including for lying about his attempts to obtain information from WikiLeaks about Hillary Clinton’s emails stolen by Russian hackers and released on the eve of the 2016 election. Trump then pardoned Stone just before leaving the White House in 2020.

  • OptionalOP
    9•4 months ago

    Dunno. It says

    “Iran’s operations have been notable and distinguishable from Russian campaigns for appearing later in the election season and employing cyberattacks more geared toward election conduct than swaying voters,” Microsoft said. “Recent activity suggests the Iranian regime—along with the Kremlin—may be equally engaged in election 2024.”

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the GRU was just routing through Iran or the equivalent thereof

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      8•4 months ago

      I wouldn’t be shocked if every country with a 52 bit dial up was trying to hack things and/or influence the election.

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          3•4 months ago

          Didn’t say they’d be successful. Just saying… they might try.

          Anybody else used to air guitar while dialing in and hoping that the parents wouldn’t notice the phone line going dead?

          • OptionalOP
            4•4 months ago

            Fifty-TWO bits? Your modem salesman pocketed four bits!