Russian government hackers spent a year in our servers, admits DNC

The US Democratic National Committee (DNC) has confirmed that hackers thought to be part of Russian state intelligence have had access to their servers for nearly a year. They have read emails, chat logs, and opposition research documents.

The attack was uncovered six weeks ago, after IT admins noticed something strange was going on in the DNC's servers. All the computers in the opposition research department had been accessed and two files had been stolen.

"The security of our system is critical to our operation and to the confidence of the campaigns and state parties we work with," said Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the DNC chairwoman, told the Washington Post.