The Russia hack that wasnt? Supposed breach of Dallas voter rolls might not have happened

[Free Vulcan]

A Dallas County election official claimed months ago that Russians tried to hack the county's voter registration rolls—but a new report is challenging that account.

According to internal Dallas County emails obtained by the ABC affiliate for the Dallas area, WFAA, the supposed Russian hack was not confirmed.

“To our knowledge, there have been no such attempts,” Dallas County Chief Information Officer Stanley Victrum reportedly said in an email on June 13 to the Dallas County Elections Administrator, Toni Pippins-Poole.

Pippins-Poole had claimed at the time there was evidence of hack attempts from Russian IP addresses. In a separate email sent to his staff, Victrum asked for “insights” on what Pippins-Poole could be referring to, saying “to our knowledge we haven’t been hacked.”

Despite Victrum’s email, Pippins-Poole again announced the supposed hack attempts.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/21/russia-hack-that-wasn-t-supposed-breach-dallas-voter-rolls-might-not-have-happened.html

[driftdiver]

There are folks in China, Brazil, and eastern Europe that scan the internet 24 hours a day looking for vulnerable computers.   Unless you are an international company you should block IPs from those countries.  Certainly not foolproof, but it will help to reduce unwanted traffic.

[Sanguine]

"Pippins-Poole"?