Russians hackers access Democrat research on Trump

WASHINGTON: Two groups of Russian hackers, working for competing government intelligence agencies, penetrated computer systems of the Democratic National Committee

WASHINGTON: Two groups of Russian hackers, working for competing government intelligence agencies, penetrated computer systems of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to emails, chats and a trove of opposition research against Donald Trump, according to the party and a cybersecurity firm.

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One group placed espionage software on the committee’s computer servers last summer, giving it unimpeded access to communications for about a year.

The committee called in Crowd Strike, a cybersecurity firm, early last month after the Democratic Party began to suspect an intrusion.