We’re not sure what you had planned for a Saturday evening in August (aside from checking Twitchy), but Democrats in Congress are dialing into a conference call to deal with more fallout from a computer hack attributed to Guccifer 2.0.
Hackers release information of nearly all House Democrats, including personal cell numbers https://t.co/lDSfaCaYon pic.twitter.com/7NoJ0hvUQV
— ABC News (@ABC) August 13, 2016
Hacker posts personal contact information of almost 200 congressional Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/em5pJZy99t
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 13, 2016
On Friday, more information from Democrat computers was dumped onto the Internet, including the personal contact information of House Democrats, contact lists and memos, and passwords to databases and news sites.
DNC hackers back with more — latest release includes passwords, memos from ex-Speaker Pelosi https://t.co/iZvflD4FEs pic.twitter.com/MaOOG1SmQH
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 13, 2016
Among the more amusing revelations: the DCCC subscribed to Glenn Beck’s website and logged in with the password, “nutbag.”
The @DCCC staff had a subscription to @glennbeck's website.
Password: "nutbag", according to @GUCCIFER_2 hack. https://t.co/Ewfcg3mN7F— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 12, 2016
Before Saturday’s call, Rep. Nancy Pelosi sent out an email to colleagues urging them to change their phone numbers, saying that she received scores of obscene calls after her personal contact information was posted online.
Afternoon "dear colleague" letter from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Will post some excerpts of letter. pic.twitter.com/wpBepXH7GN
— MolotovFlicker Ignoring Your Questions Since 1902® (@MolotovFlicker) August 13, 2016
Pelosi out w/ letter to House Dems on DCCC hack, says she's "received scores of mostly obscene & sick calls, voicemails and text messages."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 13, 2016
.@NancyPelosi to colleagues re #cyberbreach: I have rec'd scores of mostly obscene & sick calls, voicemails & text messages. Protect yr kids
— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) August 13, 2016
Pelosi to Hse Dems after DCCC hack revealing personal info: I have received scores of mostly obscene and sick calls, voicemails & text msgs
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) August 13, 2016
Pelosi to Hse Ds after hack: Please be careful not to allow your children or family members to answer your phone or read incoming text msgs
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) August 13, 2016
Pelosi tells House Ds: "Please be careful not to allow your children or family members to answer your phone or read incoming text messages"
— Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrekwalsh) August 13, 2016
Pelosi to Hse Ds after hack: This morning, I am changing my phone number and I advise you to do so as well.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) August 13, 2016
We’re certainly no fans of Pelosi’s politics, but posting personal contact information is pretty low. Besides, where’s the good stuff?
In her email to colleagues, Pelosi noted that the hack of Democratic Party computers “has been widely reported as part of a Russian cyber-attack” and advised that the DCCC had hired a security firm to investigate the data breach.
Pelosi: @DCCC has hired a respected cybersecurity technology firm to conduct a full investigation of the breach
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) August 13, 2016
Of course, Hillary Clinton’s unsecured home-brew email server was never in any danger of being hacked, right?
Last October, a Daily Beast editor responded with an “LOL” to an AP report that Russian-linked hackers had sent multiple malware-infected emails to Clinton’s private email address: the same one she used for official State Department business. For his part, Hillary for America’s Brian Fallon tweeted simply, “Breaking news: Clinton received spam” — that she never would have received had she been using the government’s official, secure email system. But that wasn’t “convenient” for then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In light of the most recent data dump by Guccifer 2.0, by all means, let’s make “extremely careless” Hillary Clinton president.
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