DNC Alerts FBI After Security Service Detected Latest Attempt To Hack Its Voter Database
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 () The Democratic National Committee reached out to the FBI on Tuesday after it was alerted by a cloud service provider and security firm about a potential hacking attempt to access its voter database, according to CNN. A Democratic source said the DNC was alerted early on Tuesday about the activity by San Francisco-based security firm, Lookout, and cloud service provider, Digital Ocean, who said they found a fake login page which was made to gather usernames and passwords which would allow the hackers to access the party's database. The page was intentionally designed to resemble the access page Democratic Party officials and campaigns use to log into a service called Votebuilder, which hosts...
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 ()
The Democratic National Committee reached out to the FBI on Tuesday after it was alerted by a cloud service provider and security firm about a potential hacking attempt to access its voter database, according to CNN. A Democratic source said the DNC was alerted early on Tuesday about the activity by San Francisco-based security firm, Lookout, and cloud service provider, Digital Ocean, who said they found a fake login page which was made to gather usernames and passwords which would allow the hackers to access the party's database. The page was intentionally designed to resemble the access page Democratic Party officials and campaigns use to log into a service called Votebuilder, which hosts...