According to CNN, the hack was discovered by private investigators hired by the campaign.
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The sources said the meeting happened in the spring, and that the Clinton campaign turned down the FBI’s request for access to its data as part of the investigation into the hack.
Computer systems used by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign were hacked on Friday, allegedly by Russian intelligence agencies – the second time in recent weeks that Moscow has been accused of targeting the Democrats ahead of November’s election.
In a report out Friday, the Department of Justice is investigating the hacks into the DNC and the DCCC to find out whether the hacks threaten US security. Then Friday, the congressional campaign arm of Democrats, known as the DCCC, announced it too was compromised.
Some fear that Russian Federation may be trying to influence the presidential election.
The digital intrusion is overshadowing Clinton’s first day back on the campaign trail.
A spokesperson for the Clinton campaign said it was a “data analytics program” that had been targeted.
The DNC hack earlier this year compromised the security of party emails – and may have resulted in last week’s leak of messages concerning the White House bids of Clinton and Vermont Sen. Access to the full DCCC network would have given the hackers access to everything from emails to strategy memos and opposition research prepared to support Democratic candidates in campaigns for the House. Bernie Sanders when it is supposed to be neutral. The attack was a part of a larger attack on Democratic political organizations. She says the committee is using the forensic investigation firm Crowdstrike and is cooperating with federal law enforcement. The correspondence prompted the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday, effective at the end of the party’s convention in Philadelphia. The aide said the campaign had already been aware of the attempted cyber intrusions, and had implemented security steps to protect its networks.
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Cybersecurity experts who studied the hack at the DNC have blamed Russian Federation. At that time, more than 19,000 emails from DNC officials got online on WikiLeaks.
