The Democratic National Committee’s Security Compromised As Trump Files Hacked
Donald Trump’s plans may have been compromised as hackers have been getting inside information about the current presidential candidate for over a year. The two groups believed to be working for the Russian government hacked their way into the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) network with the sole intention to spy on Trump.
Donald Trump’s plans may have been compromised as hackers have been getting inside information about the current presidential candidate for over a year. The two groups believed to be working for the Russian government hacked their way into the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) network with the sole intention to spy on Trump.
Once the DNC had their suspicions confirmed that they were being hacked, they contacted CrowdStrike to get their expert advice and within 24 hours an investigation was launched into discovering who was behind these attacks. They came to the conclusion that there was not one, but two teams at force were hacking the confidential system, which was both kicked out once discovered by CrowdStrike.The two groups that were said to have been hacking Trumps files have been nicknamed Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear. Both are believed to be Russian operations. Cozy Bear is a hacking group that mainly monitored emails and chat conversations at the DNC and could be working for the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia. Fancy Bear is thought to be employed by the military.
It is not the first time that the presidential candidates have been hacked coming up to an election, and I dare say it will be the last. Cyber attacks involving political candidates, in general, are quite common anyway, and more incidents are likely to occur as we get closer to the election, so organizations will be stepping up their security in hopes to keep the secrets, secret.
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Rachel Kowalski
Rachel Kowalski is the Cybersecurity Analyst at TrendinTech, where she covers vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks, nation-state operations and the security rules shaping organizations in the United States and Europe. Before moving into journalism she worked as a threat intelligence analyst at a security vendor and later reported for CyberScoop and the security desk at Wired, covering the SolarWinds compromise and the ransomware wave that hit hospitals and pipelines. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attends Black Hat and DEF CON in Las Vegas each year, where she follows research from the security community. She writes to make risks and countermeasures understandable to people who are not specialists.
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