The news that the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Hillary Clinton Campaign were hacked — ostensibly by hackers associated with the Russian government — started trickling out just before the start of the Democratic convention. These developments could not have come at a worse time for the Democrats. The messy revelations stemming from these breaches threatened to upend the convention itself. They cost the DNC chairman her job and forced the resignation of the DNC’s CEO. All this sound and fury because a whole bunch of intemperately written emails were revealed to the public. These emails showed that the DNC was heavily skewed to support Clinton’s presidential campaign over her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.). And there may be worse to come for the Democrats. If WikiLeaks — who somehow got its hand on these emails and other private data — fulfills its promise to release even more of them from any of these party organizations, we could be in for a whole new set of unwelcome surprises in the next 98 days.
But it’s not just the Democrats who should be concerned about these breaches. This cyberattack has implications for every political group and, frankly, every organization in the U.S. From the Republicans to the Libertarians to the Greens, to your bank, our electric grid and your place of work, it’s way past time for America to have a rational and informed discussion about cybersecurity. For the full article click here
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