Democrats have been bracing themselves for more hacks as Wikileaks' Julian Assange vows that more emails damaging to Hillary Clinton will be released in the near future.
Both the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee platforms -- which include Hillary's presidential campaign platform -- has discovered security breaches in their systems.
Add to that a new report citing sources which claim that the Clinton Foundation may have also been hacked.
According to Reuters, the Foundation hired a security firm dubbed FireEye to survey its data systems after finding evidence of some kind of breach. Reuters adds:
One of the sources and two U.S. security officials said that like hackers who targeted the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democrats' congressional fundraising committee, the hackers appear to have used “spear phishing” techniques to gain access to the foundation's network.
These techniques include creating bogus emails or websites in an effort to gain access to Clinton Foundation staffers’ emails and then to the foundation itself.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the U.S. officials said the hackers used the same techniques Russian intelligence agencies or their proxies employed against the Democratic Party groups, which suggests that Russians also attacked the foundation.
Neither former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, the Clinton Foundation’s principal lawyer, nor a spokeswoman for the foundation responded to requests for comment on the hacking and the precautions the organization has taken.
Thus far no leaks concerning or emanating from the Clinton Foundation have been made public, but that says little considering a leak would likely be timed closer to the general election for the greatest possible impact.
According to Reuters, several people familiar with the Clinton Foundation's activities expressed concern that if hacked, leaked documents could seriously undermine Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee met behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss cyber security.
