<p>The DNC suffered a massive blow last month when thousands of emails were hacked and leaked &ndash; revealing a strong but unsurprising political bias towards Hillary Clinton that knocked Party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz out of the convention and convinced her and three other DNC officials to resign. ;</p>
<p>The cyberattack has been blamed by &#8220;experts&#8221; on the Russian government (but this is in no way certain), and was originally believed to have been aimed solely at the DNC and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. ;This week, <em>The New York Times</em> reported that the attack was far larger, breaching the private email accounts of more than 100 individuals and groups.</p>
<p>The FBI has started to compile &ldquo;a long list&rdquo; of Democratic officials that hackers may have targeted. Hillary Clinton and her campaign team are at the top of the list.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Democrats say they are bracing for the possibility that another batch of damaging or embarrassing internal material could become public before the November presidential election,&rdquo; reports <em>The Times. ;</em>Those involved in the investigation believe the Democratic Governors&rsquo; Association was also hacked, in addition to a DNC voter analytics program used by Hillary&rsquo;s campaign. ;</p>
<p>The ;authorities still aren&rsquo;t sure if the attack was politically motivated, but angry Democrats have been quick to blame Russia for trying to influence the election even without proof the Russians were involved. ;Donald Trump sees the attack as a unique opportunity, and has encouraged the Russians to publish everything they have on the Dems (his comments were sarcasm). ;</p>
<p>The FBI has admitted ;there is no proof the Russians hacked into Hillary&rsquo;s private server, but FBI Director James Comey has confirmed that someone tried to get in &#8211; and that a successful hacker would be too skilled to leave any evidence.</p>
<p>WikiLeaks, the group that released the DNC emails to the public last month, has offered a $20,000 reward for any information on the shooting of former DNC employee Seth Rich. His death may be connected to the hacking incident, but no evidence has been found. ;</p>
<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is publically anti-Clinton and has stated that he wants to hurt her campaign has much as possible. Assange has suggested that he has more material and will be releasing it soon. ;Meanwhile, the DNC is scrambling to shore up its cybersecurity defenses in preparation for another attack.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> I still maintain that while the Russians likely very easily hacked into these servers, they are not responsible for releasing any documents. A professional intelligence service does not leave tracks or brag about their exploits. And the Russians are indeed pros.</p>