Thursday, October 23, 2008

BARACK OBAMA

Lots and Lots of Folks Now Donating to Obama Under Fake Names

Mark Steyn, Ace, and the guys at Hot Air all are detailing stories of people successfully donating to Obama with fake names and addresses. Apparently, all you need is a credit card number — not even the security code on the back of the card! — and you can donate as much as you like to Obama.

(I would urge those who do not support Obama, that if you're going to run a test donation, keep that donation minimal!*) 

Everyone who has ever bought something from a web site knows the basic security precautions taken to prevent fraudulent purchases. It appears that the basic minimum precautions were not in place for Obama's web site, the kind of precautions that were in place for McCain and Hillary (and almost any other candidate or sales web site). This is a huge story. It doesn't necessarily reflect on Obama (although some of my readers won't give him the benefit of the doubt on that) but it sure as hell does reflect on David Axelrod, his tech team, and his fundraising team.

The press has been telling us about Obama's amazing online donations for more than a year now. There is absolutely no excuse for not digging into this story.

* Or not at all, as this reader of Jonah's urges, citing federal law.

10/23 03:30 PMShare