Trump allies charged with hacking voting equipment in Coffee County
Four people who promoted the disproved theory that donald trump The 2020 election winner could face charges of conspiracy to steal a computer, conspiracy to trespass a computer, and conspiracy to breach a computer’s privacy, according to an indictment released Monday night in Georgia. .
Suspect targets lawyer Sydney Powell; Former Coffee County Election Supervisor Misty Hamptonformer leader of the Coffee County Republican Party, Cathy Latham; and Scott Hall, bail bonder and Trump supporter. According to the indictment, Powell hired a company “to perform computer forensic collection and analysis of Dominion voting system equipment in Michigan and elsewhere,” and the breach of election equipment in Coffee County was carried out under this agreement. and He further accuses Latham, Hampton, and Hall of cooperating in obtaining data from and investigating the Dominion voting system machines located within the Coffee County Electoral Registry Office.
- The four face additional charges, including conspiracy to commit election fraud, based on the same or similar charges.
- Here’s a helpful breakdown for everyone facing prosecution.
The indictment alleges four individuals who “unlawfully accessed certain data” at coffee county voting machines by downloading information from servers maintained by forensic data firm Sullivan Strickler (more on that company later). An unindicted co-conspirator of
and Rudy GiulianiMr Trump’s lawyer told the Georgia House of Representatives that two of the nominated campaign workers and another unidentified person “clearly carried USB ports like heroin or vials”. He has been charged with making a false allegation. Others claim it was used to “break into a rogue Dominion voting machine” at the State Farm Arena.
These are the biggest cyber-related issues in a much broader indictment featuring Trump and 18 other charges. A detailed explanation can be read from my colleagues Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner. This is the fourth time Trump has been indicted.
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The indictment describes the entire effort as a criminal enterprise “unauthorizedly conspired to illegally access secure voting equipment and voter data in Fulton County, Georgia and elsewhere.”
“In Georgia, corporate members stole data including ballot images, voting equipment software, and personal voting information,” it reads. “The stolen data was then distributed to other members of the company, including members in other states.”
- According to the indictment, the alleged break-in dates back to December 6, 2020, when Mr. Powell entered into a written agreement with Mr. Sullivan Strickler (based in Fulton County, the place of indictment) under which he called “Election Equipment There has been an unlawful violation of .
- According to the indictment, Latham, Hampton, and Hall “assisted, abetted, and encouraged” Sullivan Strickler employees to gain access to the machine.
- Sullivan Strickler was not indicted. The company has previously said it believes it works with lawyers who have been granted access to voting machines and has no reason to believe it would be asked to do anything wrong or illegal.
For more than a year, the Washington Post covered many aspects of the allegations, including an article about one incident. Interview with Hamptonvideo of Election Deniers Entering Coffee County Office And in Georgia we’re planning to replace damaged equipment.the post is was also reported upon Efforts to Access Voting Equipment ElsewhereI wrote about the dangers of cyber. Copy voting system Pause.
Separately, Mr Giuliani has not contested any legal issues in making false statements about the two campaign officials in question. Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, according to a defamation lawsuit filed by the two women in court in July. However, she said her own remarks were constitutionally protected speech.
playing cards wasted a little time On denouncing the charges. His lawyers called Monday’s events “shocking and absurd” and said Mr Willis had developed the case on the basis of “witnesses with personal and political interests”.
“While we look forward to a detailed review of this indictment, there is no doubt that this indictment is as flawed and unconstitutional as the entire process,” it said in a statement.
Lawyers for Hampton, Latham, Hall and Powell did not respond to requests for comment.
Chinese hackers who compromised Microsoft emails also targeted Republican lawmakers
The Chinese hackers who allegedly forged Microsoft customer IDs to compromise emails of key U.S. officials also obtained personal and political emails of a Nebraska congressman. don baconreports our colleague Joseph Meng, a Republican moderate on the House Armed Services Committee.
“bacon tweeted On Monday, he said he was notified by the FBI that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies using Microsoft’s mistake for a month from mid-May to mid-June, which investigators said. announced that other breaches had occurred. ‘ says the report.
- “I’m a big fan of Taiwan,” Bacon told the Post via text message. “I suspect they want information to embarrass me or hurt me politically. Like I told the FBI, I have nothing to be ashamed of,” the lawmaker added. .
- Neither the FBI nor Microsoft responded to requests for comment by the time of publication.
Microsoft previously announced that hackers had obtained keys that allowed them to create fake, verified customer IDs to bypass the authentication step that verifies a user’s identity before gaining access. Several lawmakers called on government agencies to work to prevent further incidents from occurring.
- Microsoft also We have expanded our offerings The free log tool addition doubles the default system log activity days from 90 to 180 days.
Sen. Ron Wyden The (Democratic Party of Oregon) also asked the Department of Homeland Security to have its Cyber Security Review Board investigate the breach. The Board announced last week that it would do so (more on this later in today’s edition).
Kansas police come under fire for raid on local newspaper about computer crime
Kansas State Police are facing heavy scrutiny after a search warrant raided the office of a small local newspaper on suspicion of an employee illegally using a computer to commit identity theft.
On Friday, officers seized cell phones, computers and other materials. Marion County Records‘s office.Police seized materials from home Eric Mayer, co-owner and publisher of the newspaper. The incident was so traumatic for Meyer’s 98-year-old mother that she reportedly died of shock.
- Kari NewellA local restaurateur said the “newspaper… had illegally obtained harmful information about a 2008 DUI conviction and was preparing to publish it, so a local judge called police.” issued a warrant authorizing the seizure of the newspaper’s files,” our colleague said. Written by Sophia Andrade and Paul Farch.
- “A Marion Records reporter used a state website to verify information provided by a source. Meyer decided not to publish an article about this information and informed the police of the situation.” by kansas reflector.
Officers removed the computers and took pictures of sensitive information, including passwords. Daily Beast reportI quoted the video I got.
Homeland Security Review Board Investigates Cyberattacks on China-Linked Microsoft Systems
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security Review Board is investigating recent China-related breaches of US government emails provided by Microsoft. Next Government/FCWChris Liotta reports.
“A review panel of 15 public and private sector cybersecurity leaders will examine how threat actors target cloud computing environments for malicious purposes,” Liotta wrote. there is
- “As organizations of all kinds increasingly rely on cloud computing to provide services to the American public, it is imperative that we understand the vulnerabilities of that technology,” said the Secretary of Homeland Security. Ta. Alejandro Mayorcas It announced the investigation in a statement on Friday.
- This assessment also examines the target for cloud computing environments. The US government has relied almost exclusively on Microsoft to provide communications and information technology services, especially in the Department of Defense.
Microsoft faces growing criticism after breach that compromised Commerce Secretary’s account Gina Raimond and the US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns.
How Donald Trump Tried to Undo Losses in Georgia in 2020 (Amy Gardner, Katy Perry, Adriana Ucero)
- Atlantic Council hold an event Learn more about securing encrypted messaging apps tomorrow at 1pm
- World Politics Institute Cyber Intelligence Seminar tomorrow at 6pm
- Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzalez Talking about what’s happening these days with The Washington Post Live donald trump Charged at 1 p.m. Thursday
thank you for reading. see you tomorrow.