FBI har inlett en undersökning av uppgifterna om att demokraters mobiltelefoner kan ha hackats av.
Det amerikanska demokratiska partiets har hackats och ryska statsunderstödda hackare har pekats it som skyldiga. De intrången utreds också av FBI som nu breddar sin utredning för att undersöka om även demokraternas mobiltelefoner kan ha hackats.
The FBI is investigating suspected attempts to hack mobile phones used by Democratic Party officials as recently as the past month, four people with direct knowledge of the attack and the investigation told Reuters.
The revelation underscores the widening scope of the U.S. criminal inquiry into cyber attacks on Democratic Party organizations, including the presidential campaign of its candidate, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
U.S. officials have said they believe those attacks were orchestrated by hackers backed by the Russian government, possibly to disrupt the Nov. 8 election in whoch Clinton faces Republican Party candidate Donald Trump. Russia has dismissed allegations it was involved in cyber attacks on the organizations.
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