A statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed it was “investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC [Democratic National Committee]”, adding “a compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously”.
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“The release of emails just as the Democratic National Convention is getting underway this week has the hallmarks of a Russian active measures campaign”, David Shedd, former head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, told The Daily Beast. Bernie Sanders and favor his main rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose campaign has accused Russian Federation of being behind the cyberattack. Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz’s lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret, classified information both on her unauthorized home server and while traveling overseas.
Donald Trump on Monday dismissed as a “joke” claims by Hillary Clinton’s campaign that Russian Federation is trying to help Trump by leaking thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and vice presidential candidate Mike Pence pray at a campaign event in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S., July 25, 2016. Bernie Sanders as a presidential candidate.
The United States is dreadfully behind Russian Federation and China on cyber security.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been confined to the Ecuador embassy in London as he avoids a charge of rape against him in Sweden, told NBC News on Monday that “there is no proof whatsoever” that the hacked emails were given to WikiLeaks by Russian Federation. He added, “I don’t think it’s coincidental that these emails were released on the eve of our convention here, and I think that’s disturbing”, he said.
A DNC cyber-security contractor says the theft was the handiwork of two separate Russian intelligence groups that gained access to the DNC’s network in two separate security breaches several months apart.
“He says that he wants to move to a different level of relations, to a closer, deeper one, with Russia”, Putin said.
We’re pleased about the Clinton camp’s newfound commitment to IT security.
On Sunday, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told CNN that the campaign had been told by “experts” that the emails were released by suspected Russian hackers to help Republican Party nominee Donald Trump.
A New York Times report published Sunday says that researchers “have concluded that the [Democratic] national committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies”. Never let it be said that Hillary Clinton didn’t reward her friends for malfeasance on her behalf.
Reported financial ties to Trump’s businesses and Russian backers, and comments last week that he might not come to the aid of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies under attack, if elected president.
“I don’t understand Donald’s freaky fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America”, she once said.
Multiple Democrats alleged the Russian government stole the emails and provided them to WikiLeaks for publication in an effort to help Republican nominee Donald Trump win the November election, though they offered no proof.
Clinton was tough on Putin, so much so that Putin blames Clinton for protests that broke out in 2011, accusing Putin of having rigged elections.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a recent meeting of Russia’s Cabinet in the Kremlin.
Tim Erlin, senior director of IT security and risk strategy at cybersecurity firm Tripwire Inc., told us the hack of DNC emails probably should not have come as a surprise.
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Trump has espoused foreign policy views that could be favorable to Russian Federation, giving it an incentive to undermine Clinton’s candidacy, the thinking goes.
