zadillo's Blog tag:www.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk/blogs/zadillo//7057 2008-11-04T16:45:01Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en tag:tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008://12.242546-comment:3271384 <![CDATA[zadillo Commented on <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/virginia-logo.jpg" vspace=5 hspace=5 align=left>Hoax Email Tells Virginia Students To Vote Tomorrow]]> by Zachary Roth]]> 2008-11-04T16:45:01Z 2008-11-04T16:45:01Z I'm a GMU student and got this e-mail. One of the disturbing things about it was when I checked the headers:

Received: from m154.prod.democracyinaction.org ([8.15.20.154]) by ironport2.gmu.edu with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:16:42 -0500
Received: from [10.15.20.114] ([10.15.20.114:39637] helo=web4.mcl.wiredforchange.com) by mailer.mcl.wiredforchange.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.35 r(26825/26826)) with ESMTP id BC/ED-21096-AC8EF094; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:16:42 -0500
Message-id:

X_DIA_Originating_IP: : 85.195.123.24
X_DIA_Source: Host:web4.mcl.wiredforchange.com DB org

I suspect that somehow someone got into the wiredforchange servers somehow to send the mail (if I understand it correct, anyone can sign up for a site through them).

Hopefully they can figure out what happened though; my suspicion is that whoever did this hoax was not so interested in making people think the election was on the wrong day, but making it look like wiredforchange/DIA was perpetrating something.

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