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 have entered the DNC system, managing to read all emails and watch chat communications for almost a whole year before being identified, according to CrowdStrike Security Company, which has undertaken to correct security gaps.
Russian spies also monitored the networks of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, as well as the computers of some Republican political action committees, according to a publication by The Washington Post.
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"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.
Η invasion it is indicative of the sophistication of the technique of Russian hackers, who have long been considered by intelligence officials to be among the most talented around.
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.
Οι διαδικτυακές επιθέσεις εναντίον πολιτικών υποψηφίων και οργανώσεων είναι συνηθισμένες σε όλο τον κόσμο. Ο Διευθυντής της Εθνικής Υπηρεσίας Πληροφοριών (NSA) James Clapper, δήλωσε τον περασμένο μήνα ότι ήταν ενήμερος για απόπειρες hacking σε εκστρατείες και ότι περίμενε να ανακαλυφθούν περισσότερες μέχρι την 8η Νοεμβρίου που θα γίνουν οι προεδρικές εκλογές.
The first group, CrowdStrike called Cozy Bear, entered the DNC systems last summer. He mainly watched email and chat conversations, and hackers could work for the Russian 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.
