The FBI Justice Department are currently investigating a computer hack of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in addition to its examination of intrusions of other Democratic Party organizations.
The campaign, however, claimed that its internal systems were not compromised.
According to Nick Merrill, Clinton's campaign spokesman, an analytics data program maintained by the DNC, and used by the campaign and a number of other entities, was accessed as part of the DNC hack. Their campaign computer system has been under review by cyber security experts and found no evidence of being compromised.
The intrusion was discovered by a private investigator hired by the campaign. It was believed to be similar to the Democratic National Committee hack, but federal investigators are still working to determine the scope and nature of the intrusion.
The alleged intrusion was first reported by Reuters.
This campaign intrusion is the latest in a series of Democratic party organizations who have had system breaches that are under investigation.
The Justice Department's national security division is currently handling the investigation because of the believed similarity.
The revelation comes just days after the leak of thousands of Democratic National Committee emails prompted major turmoil within the party, which caused the immediate resignation of its chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Source: CNN
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