High-tech hackers that tried to infiltrate the campaign computers of Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R-Ariz., likely originated in Russia or China, Newsweek's Evan Thomas said at a National Press Club briefing on Thursday. The FBI would not disclose much about the incidents when they occurred and the Obama camp was supposed to be briefed on the problem "but that was put off," he said. The hackers were looking to swipe information that might be useful in future negotiations with the next American president, the magazine reported, quoting several unnamed sources, in its special election edition.
According to Newsweek, the attacks happened sometime around midyear and were reported to the Obama and McCain camps by the U.S. Secret Service , the FBI and even the White House. The story does not detail how the government learned about the intrusions but said they assured the Obama camp that the break-ins didn't appear to be the work of his political opponents. A federal agent told Obama campaign officials that they had an IT security problem "way bigger than what you understand. You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system," the article stated.
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