Recent hacks against US election watchdog seen as 'worst' in its history

Recent hacks against US election watchdog seen as 'worst' in its history

Dec 17th 2013, 15:57, by Josh Lowensohn

The Food and Drug Administration was not the only government organization to get hacked during the government shutdown: a similarly serious security issue occurred at the Federal Election Committee back in October, in what The Center for Public Integrity now calls "the worst act of sabotage in its 38-year history." An attack led by Chinese hackers resulted in systems containing campaign funding amounts and other sensitive information to go offline. The end result was a crippled system, and what The Center for Public Integrity says is just the latest malady to affect the organization, which is "rotting from the inside out."
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