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coyote

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Sun Jun 19, 2016, 06:59 AM Jun 2016

Hackers targeting Clinton aides struck across US

The Russian hackers who hit the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign burrowed much further into the U.S. political system, sweeping in law firms, lobbyists, consultants, foundations and the policy groups known as think tanks, according to a person familiar with investigations of the attacks.

Almost 4,000 Google accounts were targeted in an elaborate "spear phishing" campaign -- intended to trick users into providing access so that information could be gleaned from personal and organizational accounts -- from October through mid-May, according to the person, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.

The sweeping scope of the spying on the U.S. political establishment suggests an information dragnet far larger than previously reported and one meant to gather a near-encyclopedic understanding of the next president and those who will influence his or her thinking. Based on data now being analyzed, various security researchers believe the campaign stems from hackers linked to Russian intelligence services and has been broadly successful, extracting reams of reports, policy papers, correspondence and other information.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-russia-dems-hackers-96187e92-3582-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93-20160618-story.html

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Hackers targeting Clinton aides struck across US (Original Post) coyote Jun 2016 OP
Rec for visibility. merrily Jun 2016 #1
K&R n/t RKP5637 Jun 2016 #2
March 20, 2013 is when it was first reported that Sid Blumenthal had been hacked... 4139 Jun 2016 #3
Will Putin release Hillarys SoS emails now, or use them for blackmail if she wins? peacebird Jun 2016 #4
No, because he doesn't have them. -nt- Lord Magus Jun 2016 #6
K&R Pastiche423 Jun 2016 #5

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3. March 20, 2013 is when it was first reported that Sid Blumenthal had been hacked...
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 07:26 AM
Jun 2016

...that should have been a big warning to everyone directly involved in politics in Washington

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