Hackers believed to be working for the Russian government breached the network of the Democratic National Committee (Democratic National Committee), and spied on internal communications by intercepting data from Democratic presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Two separate groups reportedly broke into the DNC's system, managing to read all emails and monitor chat communications for nearly a full year before being detected, according to the company security CrowdStrike, which took it upon itself to fix the security holes.
Russian spies also monitored the presidential candidate's networks The documentary Hillary Clinton, as well as the computers of some Republican political action committees, according to a Washington Post publication.
A spokesman for the Russian government denied all involvement in the violations.
"We completely rule out the possibility that (Russian) government or state bodies may have been involved," Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told Reuters in Moscow.
The invasion is indicative of the complexity of the technique of Russian hackers, which intelligence officials have long considered them to be the most talented ones.
The Democratic Party has reportedly been aware of the hackers' attempts to smuggle Trump material for two months, and even the US secret services have been involved in trying to find out who was behind hacking, a source familiar with the opposition study said.
The same source reported that agents of the Democratic Party believed that the hack was carried out by the Russian government.
Internet attacks on political candidates and organizations are common all over the world. NSA chief James Clapper said last month that he was aware of hacking attempts in campaigns and he was expecting more to be discovered by 8 in November for the presidential election.
The first group that CrowdStrike says is called Cozy Bear broke into the DNC's systems last summer. He mainly monitored email and talks chat and the hackers may be working for Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB.
The second group was named Fancy Bear, and are likely to work on behalf of the Russian military. The team gained access in late April and "went straight to OPPO έρευνα's Donald Trump investigation."
Let's mention that in the last two US presidential rounds, 2008 and 2012, there was a barrage of cyber attacks by many opponents who were targeting President Barack Obama's campaign and his Republican rival campaign.
US intelligence officials have reported that many previous attacks have been linked to Chinese hackers.
