Report: Hackers Also Targeted Trump Campaign And GOP Groups

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen past attendees as he speaks during a rally at Ohio University Eastern Campus in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Hackers targeted the Donald Trump campaign and Republican groups, in addition to compromising Democratic campaign groups, Reuters reported on Thursday.

At least one Trump staffer’s email was hit with malware in 2015, but it’s otherwise unclear whether the Trump campaign’s computer system was compromised, according to Reuters.

The news follows the revelations that Democratic groups, including the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, were also targeted by hackers. The FBI is investigating those attacks, which were likely carried out by Russian hackers.

Reuters reported that the “tools and techniques used to hack Republican targets resemble those employed in attacks on Democratic Party organizations.”

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  1. I wonder which set of books at HO’s campaign were targeted.

  2. it’s hard to hack the technologically challenged…

    which set of coloring books were they after?

  3. With all the porn sites the HO people probably frequent, the hackers probably came away with their own computers infected with malware.

  4. Avatar for estamm estamm says:

    “Hey Vladamir, it’s me, Donald. Whatcha doing hacking me? Just don’t release anything damaging, or I won’t give you what you asked me for if I’m elected, kapiche.”

  5. At least one Trump staffer’s email was hit with malware in 2015, but it’s otherwise unclear whether the Trump campaign’s computer system was compromised, according to Reuters.

    Oh, give me a break. I got hit by malware off a link from this site the other day.

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