https://mashable.com/article/4chan-iowa-caucus-phone-lines/According to NBC News, 4chan trolls posted the Iowa Democratic Party hotline on the imageboard’s politics section on Monday night, the night of the Iowa caucuses, urging the site’s users to “clog the lines.”
staff and volunteers were met with repeated phone calls from people who would immediately hang up and those who voiced their support for President Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/clog-lines-iowa-caucus-hotline-posted-online-encouragement-disrupt-results-n1131521An Iowa Democratic Party official said the influx of calls to the reporting hotline included “supporters of President Trump who called to express their displeasure with the Democratic Party.”
Users on a politics-focused section of the fringe 4chan message board repeatedly posted the phone number for the Iowa Democratic Party, which was found by a simple Google search, both as screenshots and in plain text, alongside instructions.
"They have to call in the results now. Very long hold times being reported. Phone line being clogged,"
The unexplained, and at times hostile, calls
The Trump campaign denied any affiliation with people clogging phone lines on Monday night.
“We don’t know anything about this, but perhaps Democrats should consider using an app that works," communications director Tim Murtaugh said. "It's laughable that they would try to blame Trump for their own incompetence."
Some users on 4chan pushed back against users claiming to spam phone lines on Monday night. One user said he didn’t want other trolls “making us the scapegoat for the DNC.”
“I can’t wait for the news headlines saying nefarious trolls ruined the caucus,” another added.
Twitter chatter..
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Do you think the DNC is just trying to pass the blame off onto someone else or were they really wrecked by 4chan?
How stupid can they be to leave such a gaping hole in their election security..
Some are saying things such as "This is felony election interference" but is that true since the DNC is a private organization and not a part of the government?
TYT will be live at 8 PM on the subject (I think)..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REwvFfxKUCAI might tune in to see how pissed they are..
https://youtu.be/Ylj6SdPgxqo