The Clinton campaign's computer network was hacked in the wider cyber attack against Democratic organizations
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The latest attack, which was disclosed to Reuters on Friday, follows reports of two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee and the party's fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division is investigating whether cyber hacking attacks on Democratic political organizations threatened U.S. security, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The involvement of the Justice Department's National Security Division is a sign that the Obama administration has concluded that the hacking was state sponsored, individuals with knowledge of the investigation said.
The Clinton campaign, based in Brooklyn, released a statement on the matter late Friday, acknowledging that the breach was part of the broader DNC hack. Spokesperson Nick Merrill said the Clinton campaign's computer system "has been under review by outside cyber security experts. To date, they have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised."
The Department of Justice had no comment.
It was not immediately clear what information on the Clinton campaign's computer system hackers would have been able to access.
Hackers, whom U.S. intelligence officials have concluded were Russian, gained access to the entire network of the fundraising Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, said people familiar with the matter, detailing the extent of the breach to Reuters for the first time.
Access to the full DCCC network would have given the hackers access to everything from emails to strategy memos and opposition research prepared to support Democratic candidates in campaigns for the House.
The hack of the DCCC, which is based in Washington, was reported first by Reuters on Thursday, ahead of Clinton's speech in Philadelphia accepting the Democratic Party's nomination.
Russian officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
The DCCC said in a statement early on Friday that it has hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike to investigate.
"We have taken and are continuing to take steps to enhance the security of our network," the DCCC said. "We are cooperating with federal law enforcement with respect to their ongoing investigation."
Here's the full statement from the Clinton campaign:
"An analytics data program maintained by the DNC, and used by our campaign and a number of other entities, was accessed as part of the DNC hack. Our campaign computer system has been under review by outside cyber security experts. To date, they have found no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised."
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