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Exclusive: Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats - sources
The computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The latest attack, which was disclosed to Reuters on Friday, follows reports of two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, and the party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.
A Clinton campaign spokesman said in a statement late on Friday that an analytics data program maintained by the DNC and used by the campaign and a number of other entities "was accessed as part of the DNC hack."
"Our campaign computer system has been under review by outside cyber security experts. To date, they have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised," said Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill.
The U.S. Department of Justice national security division is investigating whether cyber attacks on Democratic political organizations threatened U.S. security, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The involvement of the Justice Department’s national security division is a sign that the Obama administration has concluded that the hacking was sponsored by a state, people with knowledge of the investigation said.
Hackers, whom U.S. intelligence officials have concluded were Russian, gained access to the entire network of the fundraising Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, said people familiar with the matter, detailing the extent of the breach to Reuters for the first time.
Cyber security experts and U.S. officials said earlier this week they had concluded, based on analysis of malware and other aspects of the DNC hack, that Russia engineered the release of hacked Democratic Party emails to influence the U.S. presidential election.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it was "aware of media reporting on cyber intrusions involving multiple political entities, and is working to determine the accuracy, nature and scope of these matters."
"The FBI takes seriously any allegations of intrusions, and we will continue to hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace," the agency said in an emailed statement.
It was not immediately clear what Clinton campaign information could have been accessible to hackers, or how the compromised "analytics data program" was used.
The hack did not involve the private email system Clinton used while she was secretary of state.
originally posted by: projectvxn
Oh this is just getting better and better.
Who are they gonna blame it on this time?
originally posted by: JinMI
Is anyone else starting to think these hacks are being done internally to build a Trump=Putin argument?
originally posted by: sirlancelot
originally posted by: JinMI
Is anyone else starting to think these hacks are being done internally to build a Trump=Putin argument?
Funny I was thinking the same thing! Then all they have to do is plant some bogus email in Trumps email system and then he gets hacked and wallah, Trump is out!
I read that book by Sharyl Attkinson on the topic of her getting spied on and hacked. I recall she had stuff planted on her computer from outside sources and it was linked back to the govt.
I will not be surprised! Too much power to let Trump have a chance!
originally posted by: JinMI
originally posted by: sirlancelot
originally posted by: JinMI
Is anyone else starting to think these hacks are being done internally to build a Trump=Putin argument?
Funny I was thinking the same thing! Then all they have to do is plant some bogus email in Trumps email system and then he gets hacked and wallah, Trump is out!
I read that book by Sharyl Attkinson on the topic of her getting spied on and hacked. I recall she had stuff planted on her computer from outside sources and it was linked back to the govt.
I will not be surprised! Too much power to let Trump have a chance!
Good point! It is important to remember that when hacked information can be deposited as well. Oh what a whole new can of worms based upon that possibility!
originally posted by: drock905
Ok, so they are saying that the data analytics programs were targeted right?
Guess who worked on them... Seth Rich.
Seth Rich murdered on July 10