The latest attack follows reports of two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the party’s fundraising Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
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Clinton’s campaign said the hack on the DNC had accessed an analytics data program that it used.
However, Hillary’s campaign in a statement said that its internal systems were not compromised.
The new intrusion is part of a broad cyber-attack on Democratic political organizations, the sources said, though it was not immediately clear that Russian hackers were behind the third attack.In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was looking into the matter.
Campaign officials said they were only one of the users of the DNC’s voter analysis system, adding that the program did not include data such as Social Security numbers or credit card information. News reports Friday said the FBI is investigating a cyberattack against a computer network containing voter information that is used by Clinton’s campaign.
The FBI is addressing both hacks in a single investigation, The Washington Post reported.
The leak led to the resignation of the party’s chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schulz and sparked protests at the convention in Philadelphia.
The DNC attack was linked to Russian Federation by a number of private groups, although the United States intelligence community has yet to make an official determination.
Clinton’s campaign said Friday that the new hack targeted a data network it and several other groups use regularly.
Computer hacking, emails and indications of Russian involvement have evolved into a political issue in the presidential campaign between Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump. Officials at the DNC did not respond to requests for comment.
Another branch of the Democratic Party says it has been hacked.
Trump earlier in the week drew criticism for appearing to suggest that Russian Federation should use espionage to find Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails.
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A day after the Reuters report, Meredith Kelly, National Press Secretary of the DCCC, publicly confirmed the rumors with a statement for the press, which you can read below.
