
The FBI is investigating attempts to hack mobile phones of the members of the US Democratic Party, Reuters reports with reference to several sources. The attack was undertaken in August.
According to sources, the FBI is suspected that for an attempt to hack the phones there are hackers, whom the Russian authorities "supports." Whether there was an attempt to successfully, as well as who specifically from the leadership of the Democratic Party was subjected to cyber attack, has not yet been disclosed.
US law enforcement agencies study whether hackers used data stolen from the servers of the Democratic Party or from the e -mail of its employees to access mobile phones. As one of the sources noted, a modern phone contains a significant amount of information - challenges, text messages, emails, photographs and contact lists.
Official representatives of the FBI and the Democratic Party refused any comments about the attempt to hack mobile phones.
Recently, charges against Russia of involvement in hacker attacks have become more frequent. The American special services will study the “possible plans of Russia to discredit the American electoral system” in connection with attempts to inval much voting systems. The FBI is investigating cyber attacks on American media and commercial organizations. Russian hackers are suspected of involvement in them. The Russian trace was also found in attacks on computer systems of the US Democratic Party .
On September 2, in an interview with Bloomberg, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia at the state level has never been engaged in hacker attacks on electronic resources of the US Democratic Party. “I don’t know anything about this. You know, so many hackers today, and they act so filigree, so subtly, can show their“ trace ”in the right place and at the right time. This is an absolutely unrevustable thing, if it is possible to check it. In any case, we don’t definitely do this at the state level,” Putin said.
On Monday, a candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton during a television department with his rival Donald Trump said that there is no doubt in the sponsor of Cyberataka against "all types of organizations in our country."