According to Newsweek and ComputerWorld:
Computer systems used by the election campaigns of both President-elect Barack Obama and his Republican rival Sen. John McCain were broken into earlier this year, and a large number of files related to the evolving policy positions of the two candidates were stolen, according to a story posted online today by Newsweek magazine.
The attacks appear to have been perpetrated by an unidentified "foreign entity" looking to steal information that might be useful in future negotiations with the next U.S. president, Newsweek reported, quoting several unnamed sources...
According to the Newsweek story, a federal agent told Obama campaign officials that they had an IT security problem "way bigger than what you understand. You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system."
This compromise is a small taste of a very large national security issue. Let us hope in fact President-elect Obama does understand the significance, scope, and breadth of cyber security or that he surrounds himself with advisors that do. The ball is already in play...
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