DNC Hack: Russia, WikiLeaks, and Lessons for Government

The FBI on Monday said it is investigating the hack involving the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a cache of emails was leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President this week, an incident that has been linked by some to the Russian government. 

WikiLeaks posted nearly 20,000 hacked DNC internal emails over the weekend, released just prior to Monday’s start of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The fallout from the data dump has been swift — DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned in the wake of the released messages, a number of which proved embarrassing for the party. The cyber attack also has broader implications, given that a number of experts and the Clinton campaign have suggested signs point to Russian involvement.

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