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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumstRump supporters colluded to cause chaos on the Iowa Caucus hotlines...
The phone number to report Iowa caucus results was posted on a fringe internet message board on Monday night along with encouragement to clog the lines, an indication that jammed phone lines that left some caucus managers on hold for hours may have in part been due to prank calls.
An Iowa Democratic Party official said the influx of calls to the reporting hotline included supporters of President Trump who called to express their displeasure with the Democratic Party. The party officials comments were first reported late Wednesday by Bloomberg News.
Users on a politics-focused section of the fringe 4chan message board repeatedly posted the phone number for the Iowa Democratic Party, which was found by a simple Google search, both as screenshots and in plain text, alongside instructions.
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Iowa Democratic Party officials said that party staff members and volunteers flagged and subsequently blocked repeat callers who appeared to be reaching out in an attempt to interfere with their reporting duties. These included callers who would hang up immediately after being connected and callers who expressed support for President Donald Trump and displeasure with the Democratic Party.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/clog-lines-iowa-caucus-hotline-posted-online-encouragement-disrupt-results-n1131521
malaise
(269,054 posts)I knew it from day one.
Con campaign and 4Chan
Initech
(100,081 posts)Takket
(21,577 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)that the media, ReTHUGs and RWs would be promoting Pete Buttigieg for their own reality TV show agenda.
I thought about him since Monday night
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)as W used to say.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)RAB910
(3,501 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,054 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)I even posted about it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12947702
It was obvious something like that was happening.
But the fact that the phone number got out to the world is our error. Moving forward, we need to be incredibly vigilant about security.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
These should have only been opened in the event of a problem, and multiple dial-in numbers used that divide the precincts up to a single primary and a contingent number.
There should have been passwords and passkeys for each precinct to help prevent imposters.
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nykym
(3,063 posts)infiltrate 4chan and post numbers to call for trump campaign or pron sites?
Redirect using their own methods, forget the high road this is war!
Initech
(100,081 posts)They do not deserve our, or anyone's attention. They can fuck off and eat shit.