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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:49 PM Jul 2015

What are the chances Hillary's private servers were hacked?

I think it's time to have this discussion.

The largest retailers in the world, with all their money, are NOT immune to hacking. We know this. Millions upon millions of $'s to throw at the problem, and they get hacked. Enough money to employ the brightest minds in the industry to protect their systems, and they get hacked. Millions upon millions of American Citizens have had their personal information exposed to "bad guys" (with guns and without) who will wait until the opportunity presents itself in order to do THE FUCKING WORST THINGS IMAGINABLE with the information.

I want someone to tell me Hillary Clinton's server(s) were NOT hacked. I want them to tell me how they know. I want them to PROVE it. I want them to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Let's have a discussion about what's possible if they WERE hacked. Do we really want a President whose supposedly "private" emails could possibly be in the possession of foreign governments that our OWN governments treat as hostile entities?

Fuck Benghazi. Fuck Whitewater and EVERYTHING in between. Those are bullshit, made-up NON scandals. Fuck the "Grand Right-Wing Conspiracy".

It's time to talk about whether or not electing Hillary Clinton might be detrimental to national security.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-18/hillary-clinton-s-e-mail-was-vulnerable-to-spoofing-

http://gawker.com/how-unsafe-was-hillary-clintons-secret-staff-email-syst-1689393042

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What are the chances Hillary's private servers were hacked? (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 OP
They were not hacked. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #1
and you know this how? Duckhunter935 Jul 2015 #4
Well i just said that becausevthe op wanted someone to say they weren't hacked. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #6
Does the possibility that they MIGHT have been concern you at all? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #7
No. Goverment computers get hacked everyday. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #9
Do you think Barack Obama's emails are in the possession of foreign governments? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #11
At this rate i think it is likely some. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #13
Some. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #15
Who protects his emails? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #17
The same people who protect Hillary's emails? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #18
You do know that the secret service set up and protected the system she used don't you? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #19
I also know they couldn't stop a fool with a knife cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #43
And your point? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #46
I have no confidence physical security of her server is equal to electronic security. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #47
Oh well! Has there been any evidence it was hacked? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #48
And you know this how. OPM exposed 25,000,000 people to bad guys. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #5
Have you read the news lately? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #8
Does the notion Hillary's emails, ALL OF THEM, might be in the possession of foreign governments? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #10
What makes you think they wouldn't be if she used government servers? hrmjustin Jul 2015 #12
See my post #11 cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #14
I saw. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #16
100% MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #2
Huh. Words fail me. In many ways. uppityperson Jul 2015 #3
Go get her Max. LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #20
Because two words: ERIC. HOTEHAM. TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #21
Well, Chelsea Manning copied 250K diplomatic cables DURHAM D Jul 2015 #22
The Secret Service runs computer servers? TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #23
Hers yes. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #24
Can you find me that information? I didn't know they did SOS's cybersecurity. TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #26
She used the system they set up for her husband. She made that clear in her UN press conference. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #27
Wait, are you telling me that SS were going in daily and performing all the tasks that a TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #28
The system had been in place since 2001 with upgrades. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #30
I have not heard this anywhere. I only heard the argument that the server was somehow secure TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #33
Watch her un press conference. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #34
I don't remember, in any of the analysis or coverage of that presser, of learning that the Secret TwilightGardener Jul 2015 #35
Well the SS is not perfect. They can be uacked. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #36
"It was on property guarded by the Secret Service" MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #29
She made this very clear in her UN speach. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #31
No, didn't watch it. MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #37
You should watch it. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #38
Got a link? MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #39
I believe she said it was the system the secret service set up. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #40
Transcript indicates that the Secret Service only physically guarded it MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #41
She said there were safeguards and it was protected by the SS. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #45
Protected by the Secret Service, eh? tularetom Jul 2015 #49
Well there is no evidence it was hacked. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #51
No evidence it wasn't. 840high Jul 2015 #54
Logics....can't prove a negative Sheepshank Jul 2015 #60
Everyone who applied for a Federal Govt. job for the last 15 years was also just hacked... Agschmid Jul 2015 #25
There is no chance in the world that they WEREN'T hacked tularetom Jul 2015 #32
Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #44
Didn't think so. Me either. tularetom Jul 2015 #50
We've been spying on the executive branch foreign counterparts for years. That's known. pa28 Jul 2015 #42
Believe the worst. It's what you do. Capn Sunshine Jul 2015 #52
What are the chances Hillary eats puppies? Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #53
Honestly silenttigersong Jul 2015 #55
It's amazing how shook Madame Secretary has some people. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #56
Got any evidence they were?? JoePhilly Jul 2015 #57
99.9999999999999% eom Purveyor Jul 2015 #58
Oh silenttigersong Jul 2015 #59
 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
4. and you know this how?
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:51 PM
Jul 2015

They may or may not have. My guess is the were probably not hacked but I do not know for sure.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
43. I also know they couldn't stop a fool with a knife
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:18 AM
Jul 2015

Who decided to climb the fence and run INTO THE WHITE HOUSE with it.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
5. And you know this how. OPM exposed 25,000,000 people to bad guys.
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:52 PM
Jul 2015

Did Hillary's private servers have the same grand protection?

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
8. Have you read the news lately?
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:54 PM
Jul 2015

Have you noticed that goverment computers are not exactly secure either?

I said it because you said you wanted to hear someone say it so i said it.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
2. 100%
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:50 PM
Jul 2015

Rounding to the nearest integer.

Can you fathom foreign governments not taking a crack at a server used by the SoS? And since we've heard zip about security measures in her basement, it's hard to believe that China, Russia, Israel, and many others were reading every email.

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
22. Well, Chelsea Manning copied 250K diplomatic cables
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:17 AM
Jul 2015

and gave them to Wikileaks. Sounds like the servers of an ex-President run by the Secret Service might be a better way to go than anything the State Department is using.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
28. Wait, are you telling me that SS were going in daily and performing all the tasks that a
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:24 AM
Jul 2015

email server administrator does? System checks and all that? Somehow I doubt that.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
30. The system had been in place since 2001 with upgrades.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:28 AM
Jul 2015

Former presidents are entitled to see classified information and they wish to make suretheir computers are secure.

Yes it is very logical that the ss would do this.

Especially when they knew the SOS decided to use the system.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
33. I have not heard this anywhere. I only heard the argument that the server was somehow secure
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:32 AM
Jul 2015

because SS guarded the house. Which, of course, only means it's physically secure. I have not read anywhere that SS actually administers ex-Presidents' home computer networks.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
35. I don't remember, in any of the analysis or coverage of that presser, of learning that the Secret
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:38 AM
Jul 2015

Service is in the business of overseeing their cybersecurity. If that's true, then GWB's family wouldn't have been email-hacked.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
31. She made this very clear in her UN speach.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:30 AM
Jul 2015

She used the system they had in place for her husband.

Didn't you watch her press conference?

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
37. No, didn't watch it.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:53 AM
Jul 2015

But the only relevant quotes by Hillary that I can find is that the server was physically guarded by the Secret Service.

Maybe my Google-fu sucks tonight?

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
45. She said there were safeguards and it was protected by the SS.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:21 AM
Jul 2015

CLINTON: Well, the system we used was set up for President Clinton’s office. And it had numerous safeguards. It was on property guarded by the Secret Service. And there were no security breaches.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
49. Protected by the Secret Service, eh?
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:32 AM
Jul 2015

You mean these guys?

http://time.com/3449641/secret-service-scandal/

Earlier this year, three agents were sent home from a trip to the Netherlands after getting drunk the night before the President was set to arrive.

In 2013, two agents were removed from Presidential security detail after sending sexually inappropriate emails to a colleague, which was uncovered when one of the agents was discovered trying to forcefully enter a woman’s hotel room after forgetting a bullet inside.

In 2012, eight agents were fired after it emerged that they had allegedly solicited prostitutes while on an on-duty trip to Colombia.

In 2001, an agent admitted to having stolen nearly $3,000 in cash that the Secret Service had taken as evidence in the years prior.


Forgive me if that doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
60. Logics....can't prove a negative
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 06:09 PM
Jul 2015

But you can prove that it was hacked. So go for it and let us know what you found out.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
25. Everyone who applied for a Federal Govt. job for the last 15 years was also just hacked...
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:20 AM
Jul 2015

Where is your outrage on that one?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/politics/office-of-personnel-management-data-breach-20-million/index.html

Doesn't matter where/who has the server everything is hackable.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
32. There is no chance in the world that they WEREN'T hacked
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 12:31 AM
Jul 2015

The question is, what information was on them that could possibly threaten national security.

Like you, I'd like that question answered, but I don't think it ever will be.

And I'd like to know if she has learned anything from the experience, but I doubt that's gonna happen either.

So if she tells us it won't happen again I guess we'll just have to have faith in her.

Is that good enough for you?

pa28

(6,145 posts)
42. We've been spying on the executive branch foreign counterparts for years. That's known.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:16 AM
Jul 2015

Wikileaks made that perfectly clear and I think it's reasonable to assume they do the same to us.

Did Hillary have some kind of advanced security protocol in her basement that was better than the State Department's to prevent this from happening? Doubt it.

I really hope she knew her correspondence was vulnerable and kept a lid on anything damaging. If we find out later during the general election campaign that she was hacked and sensitive information got out it's going to look like negligence and she'll be attacked for incompetence.



Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)
52. Believe the worst. It's what you do.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:54 AM
Jul 2015

Certainly she just used an out of the box server she bought second hand from hackersRus. Despite Secret Service protection and administration by their agents, she insisted on ignoring their pleas and used "password " for her password. And never installed any security software.

Because, all along, she wanted you and the others at DU to have a reason.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)
53. What are the chances Hillary eats puppies?
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 02:00 AM
Jul 2015

I think it is time we had this conversation.

Of course she does. Why wouldn't she? She is evil, as we all know.

silenttigersong

(957 posts)
55. Honestly
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 08:50 AM
Jul 2015

This just makes Hillary Clinton appear to be special,regarding her private emails ect as opposed to us little people and our privacy.Thank you Edward Snowden.

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