DC: Reuters bragged Friday about its scoop that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was once involved in a notorious hacker group, but revealed in the process that one of its reporters willingly sat on the story until after O’Rourke lost his Texas Senate race to incumbent Ted Cruz.
Reuters’ Joseph Menn reported exclusively Friday morning that O’Rourke, a former member of Congress and the latest Democrat to join the 2020 presidential race, had a secret membership in an infamous hacking group.
The group, known as the Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC), is the oldest and perhaps most influential collection of hackers in the U.S. O’Rourke was among the group’s members when he was a teenager and the group has protected his secret for decades in order to avoid damaging his political career.
But Menn, who has a forthcoming book about the CDC, first learned that O’Rourke was a member of the group over a year ago in late 2017. more here
Journalist?
Beato Beano has a punchable face.
And this surprises anyone?
I was involved with disseminating text files in hard copies for cDc back in the 80s. Had access to a free xerox machine and handed out copies in high school. I’d be suspended today. They have good text files, man.
Journolisters are back , if they ever left.
So this was just bragging that they can keep a secret when it helps their side.
Was there some job application with his campaign that they were waiting to hear back on?
Eugenia: True. They just burrowed further underground and enforced a tougher loyalty path for participants. It is collusion between new organizations and political campaigns and should be busted by the FEC and a RICO lawsuit.
Reuters was among the first news outlets to go corrupt. And that was a long time ago.
I personally can’t believe that Robert is smart enough to have been a hacker.
That requires some pretty good knowledge of coding (to be any good at it) or just knowledge in general. Nothing this guy has shown in public reflects any kind of smarts/brains whatsoever.
Maybe he was friends with someone in the group?
the Press has been anti America liars at least for 70 years. A much bigger censor of the news was the Bolshevik Revolution “electing” H Chavez 20 years ago. the press has “buried under a pillow ; until it was dead” (Dave Berge) the news of this bloody Coup. I had 2 friends who were refugees of Chavez’s violent, bloody, brutal “election” Of course Bush and the Press said they lied.
I stopped believing the Press in 1950 and Bush in 1989!
I am not at all surprised to find out. I am angry; but I’ve been angry with the haters of my country for 69 years, so what’s new?!@#?!%^!