Attack comes just after
release of DNC emails showing officials sabotaged Sen. Bernie Sanders'
presidential campaign
The FBI is reportedly
investigating a cyberattack against the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee (DCCC), the Democratic fundraising arm of the U.S House of
Representatives, Reuters reports.
"The DCCC can confirm
that we have been the target of a cybersecurity incident," spokeswoman
Meredith Kelly said in a statement Friday. "Upon discovering the issue, we
immediately took action and engaged with CrowdStrike, a leading forensic
investigator, to assist us in addressing this incident."
The attack comes a week after
WikiLeaks released a trove of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails that
showed the party's officials worked to sabotage
Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign. The fallout from the leak
forced the ouster of DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
"The investigation is
ongoing," Kelly added. "Based on the information we have to date,
we've been advised by investigators that this is similar to other recent
incidents, including the DNC breach."
Reuters reports:
The previously unreported
incident at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, and its
potential ties to Russian hackers are likely to heighten accusations, so far
unproven, that Moscow is trying to meddle in the U.S. presidential election
campaign to help Republican nominee Donald Trump.
However, Director of National
Intelligence James Clapper on Thursday said it was too early to say who was
behind the hack.
"I don't think we're
quite ready yet to make a call on attribution," he said
at the Aspen Security Forum, a conference on national security in Colorado.
"We all know there's just a few usual suspects out there, but in terms of
the process we try to stick to, I don't think we're ready to make a public call
on that yet."
Two unnamed sources told Reuters
the hack may have begun as early as June.
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