Curious? First NGP VAN data breach and it was Bernie Sanders

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23. Right. Sanders' employees queried a database that was part of the database provided to them

by the vendor.

The database should not have been provided to them.

Surely, the DNC required the vendor by contract to maintain the security of each candidate's database and maintain a firewall.

Sanders' campaign did not hack into the database. It was provided to Bernie's staff by a vendor that was either negligent or violated a contractual agreement to protect the privacy of the candidates' information.

Sanders' campaign did not "steal" anything as I understand the facts. They were provided access to a database, access they were not supposed to be provided.

The vendor, it seems to me, is the sole wrong-doer in this situation.

I saw a list of the searches or queries made of Hillary's database by the Sanders employees. They looked like searches that would have identified Hillary's information as hers and as not Bernie's. I realize that Bernie did not like the fact that his staff did that and that Bernie fired them for doing the searches. But I think the real problem was the vendor that was supposed to maintain a firewall.