A computer service used by the campaign of
Hillary Clinton was hacked as part of a broader breach of the Democratic
National Committee, an intrusion for which the Russian government is the
leading suspect, the campaign said on Friday.
The breach affected a DNC data analytics
program used by the campaign and a number of other organizations, according to
the campaign.
It said outside security experts reviewing the campaign's
computer system have found "no evidence that our internal systems have
been compromised."
The hackers had access to the program, which
is used to conduct voter analysis, for about five days. It did not include
Social Security numbers or credit card information, a campaign aide said.
The campaign did not specify what types of
data the service was analyzing, but partnerships with modern e-commerce
companies can allow sophisticated tracking, categorization and identification
of website visitors.
This can help organizations tailor their online content,
advertising and solicitations to be more effective.
The announcement comes as the FBI
investigates a hack at the DNC that resulted in the posting last week of
embarrassing internal communications on WikiLeaks, and a similar intrusion of
the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
President Barack Obama
has said Russia was almost certainly responsible for the DNC hack, an assertion
with which cybersecurity experts have agreed.
The FBI said Friday it was aware of
"media reporting on cyber intrusions involving multiple political
entities, and is working to determine the accuracy, nature and scope of these
matters."
The intrusions have added another layer of
mystery to the hacking of Democratic Party information that has been revealed
in the heat of this year's presidential and congressional elections.
The DNC breach led to the release by
WikiLeaks on July 22, days before the Democratic national convention began, of
19,000 emails showing that supposedly neutral party officials were favoring
Hillary Clinton over Sen. Bernie Sanders during their primary contest for the
presidential nomination.
As a result of that disclosure, party chairwoman Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., announced her resignation.
On Friday, the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, which raises money and provides other assistance for
Democratic House candidates, acknowledged a digital break-in of its computers
that it said resembled the DNC hack.
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