Clinton campaign computers also hacked

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine wave during a rally at Broad Street Market in Harrisburg, Pa.

The list of Democratic institutions targeted by cyberattack is getting longer. Computer systems used by the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton were hacked in the same round of cyberattacks that broke into the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the party’s fundraising committee in the House of Representatives, Reuters reported on Friday.

The Justice Department’s national security division is conducting an ongoing investigation into whether the cyberattacks could have affected US security, in which sources said was a sign that the Obama administration has concluded that a state sponsor was behind the attacks. It’s one sign among many. Ahead of the investigation’s conclusion, President Barack Obama cited cybersecurity experts who said that most tracks led to Russian intelligence agencies. It was even “possible”, Obama told NBC, that the Russian government could be trying to swing US elections in favor of Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom it may see as potentially favorable for its interests.

The Clinton campaign denied that hackers had successfully broken into its systems in a statement on Friday, saying that while an “analytics data program maintained by the DNC and used by our campaign” had been accessed, a review by outside cybersecurity experts turned up “no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised.” One campaign official cited by Reuters said that the analytics program was one of several systems used by the Clinton campaign in its voter-analysis efforts, and does not include social security or credit card numbers.