Both campaigns experience foreign cyber attacks

Newsweek is reporting that both the Obama and McCain campaign computer systems came under assault from a foreign entity:

The FBI has feared the Russian mob's hacking ability for years and has warned American companies what kinds of attacks they prefer. The Chinese government has also apparently been active in carrying out full fledged assaults against our military networks including those related to nuclear missiles.

This is 21st century warfare carried out by governments. This is a war where the arms race is between those who seek new ways to break into systems past safety and security features put in place by experts on the other side whose job is to safeguard our vital systems.

What is known is that we are behind in this arms race but catching up as both the FBI and Secret Service departments responsible in this area have received massive new funding in recent years to counteract the threat. Hopefully, we'll be able to match the hacker's efforts in the near future.

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