"Further note that passwords on DU are "hashed" and saved in a cryptographically scrambled format rather than as plain text, so if the hacker could access a member's password information they would not have direct access to the password itself -- only to the hash."
Besides the politics, is there anything about the hack that suggested it was a Trump supporter? Was the page defaced? Their Twitter feed doesn’t suggest anything specific, nor does the page linked here.
All the posts were renamed "God Emperor" and a video auto started that showed Trump pointing a gun with some text that started out as "get in fa--ot" Then some heavy metal video started playing. Found a link: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?503629-Democrati...
I've never heard of this forum before. Can anybody fill us in on how large it approximately is/was, what if any affiliation it has with the Democratic party etc?
Several thousands large. In existence for about 20 years. Not directly affiliated with the party. Many sub-forums. A pretty stable, diverse community. Coalesced in the early 2000s due to the problems with the press back then, Iraq war etc.
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 66.7 ms ] threadAt least they have some senses.