Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns. TIME TO DUMP ELECTRONIC VOTING.
Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say
By Michael Isikoff
National investigative correspondent
The U.S. secretly traced a massive cyberespionage operation against the 2008 presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain to hacking units backed by the Peoples Republic of China, prompting high level warnings to Chinese officials to stop such activities, U.S. intelligence officials tell NBC News.
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The disclosure on the eve of a two-day summit between the U.S. and Chinese presidents highlights what has become a persistent source of tension between the two global powers: Beijings aggressive, orchestrated campaign to pierce Americas national security armor at any weak point in this case the computers and laptops of top campaign aides and advisers who received high-level briefings.
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The goal of the campaign intrusion, according to the officials: to export massive amounts of internal data from both campaignsincluding internal position papers and private emails of key advisers in both camps.