Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee cyber attacks explained
On Friday July 29, 2016 the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reported that its computer systems had been infiltrated. It is strongly believed by US intelligence sources that the infiltrator groups are Russian foreign intelligence groups that breached the Democratic National Committee's computer systems. These groups are known as Fancy Bear[1] and Cozy Bear (or "Sofacy").[1] [2]
CrowdStrike assisted with efforts to deal with the DCCC breach.[2] There was significant concern that the Russian Government was attempting to influence the 2016 Presidential campaign.[3] [4] [5] Russian cyber intrusions into United States government and private sector computer systems significantly increased after the U.S, imposed sanctions on Russia after its invasion of the Crimea in Ukraine. It was President Obama's preference to publicize cyber attacks.[6]
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Notes and References
- News: Brewster . Thomas . July 27, 2016 . DNC Launches Fresh Hack Probe As Russia Continues To Take Blame . . August 5, 2016. "...linked the DNC attack to a Russian hacker group that went by many names, including Sofacy and Fancy Bear."
- News: Ward. Vicky. Vicky Ward. The Man Leading America's Fight Against Russian Hackers Is Putin's Worst Nightmare. Esquire. October 24, 2016.
- News: Litchblau . Eric . Computer Systems Used by Clinton Campaign Are Said to Be Hacked, Apparently by Russians . The New York Times . New York City . 29 July 2016 . 31 July 2016.
- News: Woodruff . Judy . Clinton's campaign and the DCCC are cyber hacked — was it the Russians? . . 29 July 2016 .
- News: Alperovitch . Dmitri . Bears in the Midst: Intrusion into the Democratic National Committee . From The Front Lines . . 15 June 2016 . 22 July 2016. Note: Dmitri Alperovitch is a CrowdStrike co-founder, CTO, and cybersecurity expert.
- News: Harris . Shane . Obama to Putin: Stop Hacking Me . The Daily Beast . 8 April 2015 . 31 July 2016.
