A computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was hacked as part of a broad cyber-attack on Democratic political organisations and the people familiar with her campaign, said a news agency. “To date, they have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised”, he said. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation – at the time – had not yet commented on this particular development, Reuters’ sources claimed the U.S. Department of Justice was looking into whether the hacking threatened national security.
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In a statement, the campaign said a shared analytics program was breached, but that it belonged to the DNC.
Clinton is the latest casualty in a hack that targeted the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, both involved in electing Democratic candidates to office.
“[Security experts] have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised”. A DCCC spokesperson said investigators stated the hack was similar to the DNC one.
“We have taken and are continuing to take steps to enhance the security of our network”, the DCCC said. The other breach, CrowdStrike identified as “Fancy Bear”, which the company says was the work of Russian military intelligence.
The Democratic Party suffered another hack, according to two reports Friday, heightening concerns Russian Federation might be trying to influence the U.S. presidential election. Clinton’s campaign handlers have alleged that the attack is an attempt by Russian Federation to influence the result of the United States elections in November, The New York Times reported.
The scandal also led to the resignation of the DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
The breach of the computers of the group, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), reportedly started last month, according to media reports.
“The cyberthreat environment continues to evolve as cyberactors target all sectors and their data”, the statement continued. The FBI is trying to determine if the reported attack posed a threat to national security, Fox News reported Friday. The Justice Department declined to prosecute Clinton over her email practices, though FBI Director James Comey called her “extremely careless” in handling classified information.
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The DCCC’s hack was made public Thursday night, just prior to Clinton officially becoming the Democratic nominee.
