National Intelligence boss warns that US presidential candidates are victims of cyber espionage
Government cyber experts were working with candidates eight years ago to stop intruders
David Usborne
Independent.co.uk
May 18, 2016
All the remaining candidates for president in the United States are being spied on by foreign hackers with “a variety of motivations”, the country’s top intelligence officer has revealed.
The warning was issued by National Intelligence Director James Clapper at a conference organised by the Bipartisan Policy Center, in Washington DC. It came as federal cyber-security experts are working with all the campaigns to help them bolster their web site defences.
What’s more, the acts of espionage against the campaigns may only just be getting started. “As the campaigns intensify we’ll probably have more of it,” Mr Clapper noted.
Those trying to crash the candidates’ networks could include foreign governments seeking early pointers on policy thinking or hackers with sabotage in mind. Mr Clapper’s office recently revealed how it tracked intrusions by foreign intelligence services into the campaigns for president back in 2008.
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