From Dorri Steinhoff: There may be "denial of service" attacks aimed at the Ohio Secretary of State's website and office. This type of operation was detailed by Republican operative and convicted felon Allen Raymond in his book, How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative.
>October 20, 2008 >For Immediate Release >Secretary of State Website Temporarily Taken Down for Security Purposes > >Ohio State Highway Patrol will assist with investigation > >Columbus, Ohio - Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced on >Monday afternoon that the state website has been set in a static mode with >limited functionality as a precaution. The Ohio State Highway Patrol will >assist with an investigation of one or more security breaches detected by >the Secretary of State. > >"Due to security concerns experienced by the Secretary of State's website, >full functionality of the website has been suspended to protect the >integrity of state records and data. Full functionality will be restored >when we are assured that all data has been protected to acceptable levels of >security," said Secretary of State Brunner. > >"Our focus is and has always been to protect the vote of every eligible Ohio >voter from any kind of fraud, be it voter registration fraud, illegal voting >or vote suppression. This action has been taken to detect and prosecute any >illegal breach of our voting infrastructure to maintain voter confidence," >said Secretary Brunner. > >Unfortunately, this is not the first instance of direct assault on the >operations of the Secretary of State's office. In recent weeks, phone lines >and e-mail channels have been barraged, even in the business filings section >of the office, with menacing messages and even threats of harm or death. >Last week, a suspicious package covered with threatening messages and >containing an unidentified powder was mailed to the Secretary of State's >office via the previous location of the Client Services Center. These >incidents are also under investigation. > >The Secretary of State's office will continue to work in the best interest >of Ohio voters and the boards of elections as we continue our preparation >for a successful election. > >-30- > >Media Contacts: > >Jeff Ortega, Assistant Director of Communications - Media, (614) 466-0473. >Kevin Kidder, Media Relations Coordinator, (614) 995-2168 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
