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Democrats Now Say Hacking Attempt Was Test From Within

by Associated Press

   CHICAGO --

   What the Democratic Party first thought was a malicious attempt to hack
   the party's massive voter information file turned out to be just a
   security test.

   The admission from a senior Democratic official comes a day after party
   officials said a hacking attempt was successfully thwarted.

   The official says the national party has since learned that the
   Michigan Democratic Party arranged the phishing attempt as a test of
   login security, but did not alert the party or the internet platform
   that hosts the data.

   Without knowing it was a test, the party was alerted by web security
   monitors who'd identified the attempt as a threat.

   The official wasn't authorized to speak about sensitive security
   information and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of
   anonymity.