Election Hacking — Trump v. Clinton

Justin Farmer
Hack-Fu
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2 min readDec 13, 2016

Election Hacking 101

Our CEO, Justin Farmer, gave his take on the Russian election hacking scandal this morning on Fox 35 Orlando.

The analysis covers how hackers can easily cover their tracks and make it look as if someone else did the job. He also covers the differences between related hacking of voter registration systems and actual voting systems.

Watch the whole video here:

http://www.fox35orlando.com/good-day/223372681-video

All in all, I think it’s hard to say that some hacking didn’t happen. The election results weren’t hacked, it was our mind that was the victim.

Mind Hacking. What?

The hacker timely releases a load of emails stolen from Clinton’s email server… and inquisition happens. The hacker timely releases very sad emails from the DNC… the party chair steps down. The hacker timely releases emails from ranking Clinton party members… they step down. Every single event was designed to sway an opinion of something.

Public Opinion Means Tons.

Clearly, the events were timed perfectly to make each and every one of us change our view on something. Did you trust Clinton before she started lying about her personal/secretive email server? Or, you thought the DNC treated Sanders fairly? Did you like Clinton’s Campaign Manager? Every time something leaked, votes were swayed. Simple as that.

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Justin Farmer
Hack-Fu
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Startup Founder @myneobot, Cybersecurity Extraordinaire, Hockey Player