Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was informed this week that Chinese hackers may have gained access to phones used by the former president and his running mate JD Vance.
According to The New York Times, Chinese hackers are believed to have gained access to data from phones used by the Republican candidates. However, investigators are still trying to determine what data was stolen or examined by the hackers following the telecom system breach.
I get the sense that you’re probably not getting the best IT people if you have to select from people who are bought into really bad misinformation. Good critical thinking skills are kind of important for infosec gigs.
Our entire government has played like it cared about infosec for years, but has always made weird exceptions for high-up officials. They have spent way more time and effort concealing merely “embarrassing” things which show they don’t actually promote the values they preach worldwide, (a thing they would prefer their citizens to not know) than they ever have for stuff that really matters for national security.
Like Bush ignoring intelligence warnings about 9/11, or the response to 9/11, the TSA, being all Security Theater, as called out by Bruce Schneier at the time. Destabilizing the middle east in the Iraq War was a small price to pay for Halliburton to get no-bid contracts to rebuild Iraq, and the oil that was claimed would pay for the war would go to private companies, in their eyes. Security has always been secondary.
So I mean, this is the natural end-game of such a system that always makes security exceptions for “special” people, because those people are too fucking lazy to take security seriously.
Can you imagine how weird the porn on JD Vance’s phone is? I almost feel sorry for the hackers.
“he’s just recording an Ashley Furniture store?”
I always wonder now how his wife feels when they’re ready to relax for the night on the couch
The weirder thing is that JD Vance’s phone is probably squeaky clean, other than Raymore Flannigan and Wayfair
His Tor history however…
10 years ago I’d say this was a bombshell, and the results of what was released could have unprecedented effects on our election.
But now a days? Meh. I mean, half the people in the country have read 10000 horrific stories about Trump already, and the other half believe there’s a group of baby-eating satanists running the world, so I can’t imagine either group really bring too surprised at any announced leaks. I dunno, I guess I still hear about these supposed undecided voters, even if I can’t comprehend how they still exist. Maybe this will change 12 of their minds, or whatever.
Considering the election is likely coming down to tenths of a percent in a dozen districts in a handful of swing states I’ll take those 12 votes.
Yeah, me too. Sorry, I’m just tired.
I think it’s safe to say we all are. Hopefully there’s a chance to rest on the horizon
Password was “Hamburder”
* Hamberder
No matter how many times he types hamberder2, it will show to us as **********
Vance:
“SexualSectional69!”
Coincidentally also the passphrase for Mar-a-lago
China, if you’re listening…
Release the peepee tape and the NSFW raymour and flanigan pics.
I feel sorry for the hackers in this case. There’s a non-zero chance they will be forever traumatized by a pic of a tiny shriveled mushroom.
These idiots are dumb enough TO GIVE ACCESS to the Chinese if they thought they could gain something from it
When it’s so easy to get what you want through the front door with this hamburder ($$$$) why bother with blackmail?
