Trump campaign also targeted by hackers
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has had his campaign's targeted by hackers, but it is unclear whether or not they accessed campaign computers
The Trump campaign has hired the same security firm employed by the DNC
Hackers targeted the computer systems of presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican Party organisations as well as Democratic Party networks, sources familiar with investigations into the attacks said.
News agency Reuters cites sources which claimed that at least one Trump staff member’s email account was infected with malware in 2015. This sent malicious emails to colleagues, but it was unclear whether or not the hackers actually gained access to campaign computers.
In the past month, US security officials reportedly said that hackers infiltrated computers of the Democratic National Committee, the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and her party's congressional fundraising committee, starting last year.
US officials concluded that Russia or its proxies were responsible, leading to calls by some Democrats and cyber security officials for the Obama administration to blame Russia publicly.
Kremlin officials have dismissed the allegations as absurd.
The Trump campaign has hired security firm CrowdStrike, which also is assisting the Democratic National Committee, according to one person briefed on the matter.
