Reports of new breaches and release of more documents in latest hacking news is sign of broken defences

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Democratic National Committee said on Tuesday the organization had been hacked by Russian state-sponsored agents who were trying to influence the U.S. presidential election and they may have released more documents after a similar leak in July roiled the party. A link to the documents was posted on WikiLeaks’…

Republicans couldn’t let Democrats alone have all the fun with fear-monger over the big, bad Russians; they wanted in. During an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN on Wednesday, Texas congressman Mike McCaul said that the RNC had been the victim of Russian hackers as well. McCaul and Blitzer were discussing the rumors that Russia was…

The Association of State Democratic Chairs is warning Democratic Party officials hackers have breached some of their accounts and impersonated them, further raising fears Russia was attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election. Politico said it obtained a copy of the warning, which tells recipients to avoid WikiLeaks because of concerns about malware embedded on the…