Obama and McCain Campaign Systems Were Hacked

Newsweek is reporting that computer networks of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were the targets of a sophisticated cyberattack in the run-up to the general election and, in the Obama case, "a serious amount of files" were downloaded" from the system. Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 6, 2008

This article is missing a couple "according to" phrases. Most of the information is taken from a Newsweek story on the hacking of the Obama and McCain campaigns' computer networks, but attribution is sketchy. For example, in the third paragraph, where did this quote from Bolton come from? Was Wired there? Was Newsweek? This was a brief story, but this bothered me.

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by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 6, 2008

Brief post largely based on the Newsweek article reviewed on NewsTrust yesterday. Click on Links to see that original article.

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by Mike LaBonte - Nov. 6, 2008

Links to the source article. A few expert opinions would have been a good addition here, but good questions are raised.

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