Hackers have sollenversucht to attack U.S. Democrats ‘ database of information from millions of voters across country. Dasberichtet The New York Times in appeal to DemocraticNational Committee (DNC), Democratic Party leadership.
Thus, DNC was notified of a possible hacker attack. The authorities n turned it on.
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Democrats ‘ speakers would have rebuilt unknown hacker DieLogin side of DNC and sent mail to members to use fake page. Allerdingssei The attack was not successful according to DNC and it seienkeine information from database to outside.
“This attack shows that we are exposed to concrete threats with regard to dieMidterm elections and Seinmüssen vigilant to fend off future attacks,” said DerSicherheitschef of DNC, Bob Lord. “It is clear that Attackedem voter directory and thus most sensitive information was derPartei. But DNC was able to uncover hack by collaborating MitIT companies and taking steps to zuunterbinden it, “said Lord in a statement.
Increased vigilance before congressional elections
Due to upcoming congressional elections in November, political groups and government organizations are currently alarmed with regard to hacker attacks and foreign influence attempts. It was not until Tuesday that Microsoft announced that it had prevented an attack by Vonmutmaßlich Russian hackers on US Senate and KonservativeThinktanks.
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Out of concern for foreign influence on party, Facebook and Twitter have also been deleted in a coordinated AktionAccounts, pages and groups to represent political interests of Iran and Russia.
Already during presidential elections 2016, hackers should have tried through fraudulent websites to influence Wahlzu.