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Professional hackers working for the Russian government have had access to internal Democratic National Committee information for a year.
The information pertains to the Democrat presidential candidates as well as opposition research on Donald Trump, Politico confirmed on Tuesday.
Cyber firm CrowdStrike was called in to investigate after the DNC suspected hacking in April. Through extensive monitoring CrowdStrike was able to determine the hackers were from the Russian state and the massive breach had been underway for about a year, according to most reports.
“The security of our system is critical to our operation and to the confidence of the campaigns and state parties we work with,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the DNC chairwoman, in a statement. “When we discovered the intrusion, we treated this like the serious incident it is and reached out to CrowdStrike immediately. Our team moved as quickly as possible to kick out the intruders and secure our network.”
What does this DNC/Russian hack say about the ability to keep a home server secure? https://t.co/GCbTIIhlFa
— AJ Vicens (@AJVicens) June 14, 2016
DNC Chair @DWStweets on hacking: “Our team moved as quickly as possible to kick out the intruders” https://t.co/9KDEFCMy5G
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 14, 2016
But is Wasserman Schultz’s “reassurance” a little too little, a little too late? It seems so:
@MSNBC @DWStweets Can you resign you’ve run the party to the ground… Like seriously how can we get hacked by Russians??? #DebtTrapDebbie
— Trevin Shu (@RealTrevinShu) June 14, 2016
@MSNBC @DWStweets. OMG the incompetence, unbelievable. How is #DWS still Chair of the #DNC? It’s time to #DUMPDebbie before it’s too late.
— Angelo Gallo (@abagallo1) June 14, 2016
@MSNBC @DWStweets She has been the absolutely the worst DNC Chairperson in history, However, she is great at lying and manipulation:-)
— David M Lowe (@DMLSolstice) June 14, 2016
@MSNBC @DWStweets More Weaknesses and incompetence from Debbie, Barrack, and the DNC as a whole. Sad! pic.twitter.com/oGzyfjfMl5
— Harrington (@horizonwalled) June 14, 2016
Sad indeed. And what does Hillary Clinton — queen of vulnerable classified information — have to say about it?
So far, crickets. But others had plenty to say:
So Russian Govt Hackers had access to DNC servers for a year, but please believe no one ever hacked Hillary’s private email server. #Bernie
— Brandon Laraby (@BCLaraby) June 14, 2016
DNC hacked by ‘Russian Govt’-should’ve used the server guarded by Secret Service in HRC basement so it would be safe https://t.co/h49dnxTekL
— John Smith (@jes8089) June 14, 2016
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