DNC software breach gave Sanders campaign confidential Clinton Data

[Mister Mets]

Interesting report on Buzzfeed.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/bernie-sanders-campaign-accessed-confidential-clinton-data#.btmw43MNv

The Bernie Sanders campaign accessed confidential data from the Clinton campaign through a DNC voter database.

The DNC suspended the Sanders campaign's access to the data, which is key for early caucuses and primaries, until they can be sure that the information has been deleted.

The Sanders campaign fired the person who accessed the data.

I'm a bit perplexed at the punishment because it seems they did everything right, pointing out the flaw to the vendor.

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[Lief 🗽]

Wow. Let's hope he does the honorable thing and drops out after this. Truly shameful and disgusting.

[YPestis25]

Yeah, it seems like his campaign followed the right steps. I don't know if the DNC is trying to be extra careful or what, but they seem to be overreacting a bit.

[Joe Republic]

That wily Sanders can't just cheat his way to victory.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Wow. Let's hope he does the honorable thing and drops out after this. Truly shameful and disgusting.

Lief:

Trump announces outright ban on muslims: Hallelujah! What a great leader!

Low-level, likely dim-witted Sanders Staffer clicks something they're not supposed to and is quickly fired - Shameful, disgusting, Sanders needs to drop out now!

[tpfkaw]

DNC are [have hired] completely incompetent morons when their "confidential voter information" is vulnerable [presumably] to SQL injection, in 2015. (Not quite as egregious as OPM, but close). And clearly putting a few anvils on the scale for Hillary.

[Lief 🗽]

Wow. Let's hope he does the honorable thing and drops out after this. Truly shameful and disgusting.

Lief:

Trump announces outright ban on muslims: Hallelujah! What a great leader!

Low-level, likely dim-witted Sanders Staffer clicks something they're not supposed to and is quickly fired - Shameful, disgusting, Sanders needs to drop out now!

Do not defame me or tell mistruths about me. I have never once voiced support for Trump's Muslim ban. I expect an apology.

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DNC are [have hired] completely incompetent morons when their "confidential voter information" is vulnerable [presumably] to SQL injection, in 2015. (Not quite as egregious as OPM, but close). And clearly putting a few anvils on the scale for Hillary.

The DNC is run by DWS, so Democrats should be thankful that their database didn't crash and burn Romney 2012 Project Orca style.

[bedstuy]

Looks like someone is in the top 1% of cheaters!!!!!

[5280]

The more divided the Democrats, the better off.

[DrScholl]

Low level staffer or not, this is not the sort of press any campaign wants. Even if the error was, any access to a rival campaign's data is grounds for restricting access to the voter file. It would be quite surprising if that data was not saved somewhere.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Hillary partisans are trying to spin this as terrible for the Bernie campaign. But having top secret emails on your personal computer is fine.

[Eraserhead]

who care

[DrScholl]

It doesn't really matter much, since Bernie Sanders is not going to win the nomination anyway.

[This account no longer in use.]

Not that Hillary Clinton's ever made any errors with data or anything. Hey, wait a minute...

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Wow. Let's hope he does the honorable thing and drops out after this. Truly shameful and disgusting.

Lief:

Trump announces outright ban on muslims: Hallelujah! What a great leader!

Low-level, likely dim-witted Sanders Staffer clicks something they're not supposed to and is quickly fired - Shameful, disgusting, Sanders needs to drop out now!

Do not defame me or tell mistruths about me. I have never once voiced support for Trump's Muslim ban. I expect an apology.

You deserve no apology.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Also this was a staffer and he was fired so i doubt this will hurt Sanders. (even though DWS will try)

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

The Bernie campaign reported that their data was accessible to other campaigns months ago without trying to make a scandal out of it. Shame on  the DNC and Hillary campaign for trying to make Bernie the bad guy.

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http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/18/sanders-campaign-disciplined-for-breaching-clinton-data/?smid=nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0

[Why]

Based on what has been written the poor staffer was accessing the Sanders campaign data when he suddenly had access to the Clinton campaign data. The staffer then contacted the vendor to tell them there was an error. For his good work in reporting the error which was in no way their fault they got fired. Seems rather unfair, especially if this is an ongoing issue with the data and its access.

There might be more to it like evidence that the staffer saved all of the data before reporting its access, or maybe the staffer was deliberately trying to access Clinton campaign data and managed too on this occasion.

And I am not sure it is possible to prove you have deleted data completely.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Based on what has been written the poor staffer was accessing the Sanders campaign data when he suddenly had access to the Clinton campaign data. The staffer then contacted the vendor to tell them there was an error. For his good work in reporting the error which was in no way their fault they got fired. Seems rather unfair, especially if this is an ongoing issue with the data and its access.

There might be more to it like evidence that the staffer saved all of the data before reporting its access, or maybe the staffer was deliberately trying to access Clinton campaign data and managed too on this occasion.

And I am not sure it is possible to prove you have deleted data completely.

No good deed goes unpunished. And it's awfully convenient that the campaign that reported the problem gets punished while the DNC's chosen candidate still has access, and likely could have accessed Bernie's files, but never reported it.

The DNC has done enough sh**t to Bernie, he needs to start threatening to run as an independent if they don't treat him with some minimal respect.

[Holmes]

Based on what has been written the poor staffer was accessing the Sanders campaign data when he suddenly had access to the Clinton campaign data. The staffer then contacted the vendor to tell them there was an error. For his good work in reporting the error which was in no way their fault they got fired. Seems rather unfair, especially if this is an ongoing issue with the data and its access.

There might be more to it like evidence that the staffer saved all of the data before reporting its access, or maybe the staffer was deliberately trying to access Clinton campaign data and managed too on this occasion.

And I am not sure it is possible to prove you have deleted data completely.

No good deed goes unpunished. And it's awfully convenient that the campaign that reported the problem gets punished while the DNC's chosen candidate still has access, and likely could have accessed Bernie's files, but never reported it.

The DNC has done enough sh**t to Bernie, he needs to start threatening to run as an independent if they don't treat him with some minimal respect.

You're getting flustered over something that you made up in your mind. You don't know whether the Clinton campaign accessed Sanders' data so don't get all worked up thinking about the possibility that they might have. It makes you seem childish.

Besides, I doubt the Sanders campaign has anything that Obama's database and the info that his former campaign staff didn't already have access to anyway.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Based on what has been written the poor staffer was accessing the Sanders campaign data when he suddenly had access to the Clinton campaign data. The staffer then contacted the vendor to tell them there was an error. For his good work in reporting the error which was in no way their fault they got fired. Seems rather unfair, especially if this is an ongoing issue with the data and its access.

There might be more to it like evidence that the staffer saved all of the data before reporting its access, or maybe the staffer was deliberately trying to access Clinton campaign data and managed too on this occasion.

And I am not sure it is possible to prove you have deleted data completely.

No good deed goes unpunished. And it's awfully convenient that the campaign that reported the problem gets punished while the DNC's chosen candidate still has access, and likely could have accessed Bernie's files, but never reported it.

The DNC has done enough sh**t to Bernie, he needs to start threatening to run as an independent if they don't treat him with some minimal respect.

You're getting flustered over something that you made up in your mind. You don't know whether the Clinton campaign accessed Sanders' data so don't get all worked up thinking about the possibility that they might have. It makes you seem childish.

Clinton has always had the establishment in her back pocket. They know Sanders is no good news for them even though he has just reached 2 million in single donations which is beating Obama's record...but shhhh hes a socialist shhh...

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

This is what Sanders gets for refusing to denounce his disgusting cult followers. That's major karma right there.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Clinton has always had the establishment in her back pocket.

Well, to be fair she has the advantage of being a Democrat, unlike Sanders.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Clinton has always had the establishment in her back pocket.

Well, to be fair she has the advantage of being a Democrat, unlike Sanders.

Sanders has caucused with the Democrats and is running in the Democratic primary...I doubt that is the reason.