Clinton campaign officials were among the main targets, and it appears the Democratic Governors’ Association was also breached.
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It is widely believed that Russian-affiliated hackers were behind the cyberattacks on Democratic groups, including the Democratic National Committee, though Russia has denied responsibility. On the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last month, Rep.
US officials are discussing economic sanctions against Russian Federation in response to cyberattacks on Democratic Party organizations, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The idea inside Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters: If Clinton is within striking distance in Arizona and Georgia, two state that haven’t voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since the ’90s, Trump has a narrow path to 270 electoral votes. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has refused to say whether he got the information from Russian sources, has vowed the group will release more documents damaging to Clinton’s campaign. The agency has not publicly released any conclusions.
Democrats also dinged Republicans for some of the comments from their presidential nominee.
Trump, who has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a strong leader and “a man so highly respected in his own country and beyond”, said last month that he hoped Russia could unearth deleted messages sent by Clinton when she was secretary of state.
He later said he was being “sarcastic”. Briefings for other congressional committees are expected in the coming days.
“The pattern fits what has come to be standard hacking practice”, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation by government as well as private agencies.
On cyber hacks of several Democratic campaign arms, Pelosi insisted Russian Federation was responsible, thought she wasn’t sure whether the hack exposed any of her personal work beyond the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
US authorities remain uncertain of Russian motives, according to a federal law enforcement official.
One of the sources said the Clinton campaign first detected attacks on its data system in early March, and was given what the source described as a “general briefing” about it by the Federal Bureau of Investigation later that month. But in June, FBI Director James B. Comey said that intruders had tried, and that any successful intruders were probably far too skilled to leave evidence of their intrusion behind. That includes the likelihood that personal e-mail accounts of party groups and officials were breached, the person said.
He described Trump as a bigot who’s unfit for office and is making a fool of himself.
Democrats are pointing to a number of issues that, they say, need to be addressed immediately: the Zika virus, opioids, gun violence and lead contamination.
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The hack of the Democratic National Committee was just the tip of the iceberg. They also have been shoring up their cybersecurity defenses to guard against another breach.
