Hackers Targeted Trump Campaign, Republican, Democratic Groups
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Hackers targeted the computer systems of presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican Party organizations as well as Democratic Party networks, sources familiar with investigations into the attacks said.
At least one Trump staff member's email account was infected with malware in 2015 and sent malicious emails to colleagues, according to one insider for the Republican candidate's campaign and an outside security expert. It was unclear whether or not the hackers actually gained access to campaign computers.
In the past month, US security officials said that starting last year, hackers infiltrated computers of the Democratic National Committee [DNC], the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and her party's congressional fundraising committee.
US officials said they have concluded that Russia or its proxies were responsible, leading to calls by some Democrats and cyber security officials for the Obama administration to blame Russia publicly.
For their part, Kremlin officials have dismissed the allegations as absurd, but there is anxiety in Washington over the possibility that a foreign power might be using hacked information to meddle in the Nov. 8 US election.
Relatively, the Trump campaign has hired security firm CrowdStrike, which also is assisting the Democratic National Committee, according to one person briefed on the matter.
Attempts to hack into Republican political organizations over an extended period were reported in intelligence bulletins circulated by US agencies, four sources said. They did not disclose the identities of the organizations.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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