Article 4S4PG The New Way to Hack Democracy - Millions of Fake Comments Sent to the FCC

The New Way to Hack Democracy - Millions of Fake Comments Sent to the FCC

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A consultant working for the US broadband industry's lobbying group "Broadband for America" sent over 1 million comments to the FCC opposing net neutrality.

Many of the names and email addresses in these comments are tied to a single data breach. Here's how Buzzfeed figured out what happened.

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