Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, FIles Compromised

Slashdot writes of post-election news coming out of both campaigns on what transpired behind closed doors. Apparently both Obama's and McCain's campaigns had their systems hacked over the summer -- and not by each other.

Technology experts detected what they initially thought was a case of "phishing" at the Obama headquarters in midsummer. However, by the next day both the FBI and Secret Service came to the campaign with an ominous warning:

"You have a problem way bigger than what you understand," an agent told Obama's team. "You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system."

Obama's aides were told by the Feds in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system and been similarly infiltrated.The campaign's computer system had been hacked and the FBI had become involved, as per the confirmation of a top McCain official to NEWSWEEK.

White House and FBI officials told the Obama campaign that they believed a foreign entity or organization had been seeking information on the evolution of both camps policy positions-information that might prove useful in negotiations with a future administration. Obama technical experts later speculated that the hackers were Russian or Chinese.

See Newsweek.