> Non-technical introduction. ActBlue is a non-profit that organizes fundraising efforts for Democratic causes; so far they have facilitated over a billion dollars in donations. This page details a security vulnerability in the ActBlue donation system.
> tl;dr This vulnerability affects over three million individuals who have donated to a Democratic cause using ActBlue Express Lane. Specifically, the ActBlue donation system can be exploited to appropriate false donations towards either the Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders campaigns. Using cross-site request forgery, previous donors can be tricked into donating to other Democratic candidates or causes.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 23.6 ms ] thread> Non-technical introduction. ActBlue is a non-profit that organizes fundraising efforts for Democratic causes; so far they have facilitated over a billion dollars in donations. This page details a security vulnerability in the ActBlue donation system.
> tl;dr This vulnerability affects over three million individuals who have donated to a Democratic cause using ActBlue Express Lane. Specifically, the ActBlue donation system can be exploited to appropriate false donations towards either the Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders campaigns. Using cross-site request forgery, previous donors can be tricked into donating to other Democratic candidates or causes.