Re: Your story didn't include DNC Statement

From:politicususa@gmail.com To: MirandaL@dnc.org Date: 2016-04-29 22:05 Subject: Re: Your story didn't include DNC Statement

Thanks Luis, Please feel free to add me to your press list (politicususa@gmail.com) so that this never happens again. I will add your statement to my story right now. Thanks again, Jason JASON EASLEY Owner/Editor-in-Chief PoliticusUSA mobile: 724.910.9434 desk: 202.570.4702 email: Politicususa@gmail.com twitter: @politicususa On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Miranda, Luis <MirandaL@dnc.org> wrote: > > > Hi, your story on Politicsusa didn’t include any DNC perspective. Here’s a > quote from me and below that our DNC statement: > > “The forensic analysis conducted by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike > confirmed that the DNC’s initial findings, which were the basis of the > temporary shutdown in December, were accurate. The audit confirmed that one > campaign gained unauthorized access to the data of another, and the audit > further confirmed that the results of those searches were saved within the > system and that data was exported. Following the conclusion of the audit > that confirmed the DNC's original findings, the Sanders campaign withdrew > its lawsuit.” - DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda > > > > [image: SigDems] <http://www.democrats.org/>*Luis Miranda, *Communications > Director > > *Democratic National Committee* > > 202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org - @MiraLuisDC > <https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC> > > > > > > For Immediate Release > > April 29, 2016 > > > > Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148 > > > > *DNC Statement* > > > > On December 18, 2015, the Democratic National Committee and Bernie 2016 > appeared in United States District Court on Bernie 2016’s indication that > it would be seeking an injunction in the breach of contract action it filed > against the DNC earlier that day. The Sanders campaign alleged that the DNC > wrongfully terminated its access to the party-administered voter file > system, VoteBuilder, following DNC’s discovery that Sanders campaign > personnel had discovered a flaw in system security and had accessed Clinton > campaign proprietary score data. > > > > The parties proceeded in the course of the hearing to settle the immediate > issue before the Court. The DNC agreed to restore access to VoteBuilder by > the next day, and the campaign agreed to cooperate in an independent > investigation of the data breach. The Sanders campaign also agreed as part > of this investigation to assume a share of the costs of the investigation. > > > > The DNC and the Sanders campaign agreed on the retention of CrowdStrike to > conduct the investigation. Over a five-week period and the commitment to > the work of 128 hours, CrowdStrike examined user activity within > VoteBuilder by three Democratic Presidential campaigns: Hillary for > America, Bernie 2016, and O’Malley for President. Additionally, > CrowdStrike conducted a forensic examination of two systems belonging to > the Bernie 2016 campaign. The investigation sought to first identify > whether any campaigns’ users accessed data via the VoteBuilder system in an > unauthorized fashion and then determine the nature of any unauthorized > access that did occur. > > > > The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has concluded the independent > investigation agreed to by the DNC and Bernie 2016. It identified evidence > of unauthorized access via four user accounts from the Bernie 2016 > campaign. All unauthorized access occurred during a one-hour period from > 10:41 to 11:42 EST on December 16, 2015. > > > > During that time, the four users conducted 25 searches using proprietary > Hillary for America score data across 11 states. All of the results of > these searches were saved within the VoteBuilder system, with the exception > of one instance where a user exported a statistical summary of a search > using HFA scoring in New Hampshire. > > > > CrowdStrike found no evidence of unauthorized access by the Hillary for > America or O’Malley for President campaigns. > > > > Today, the Sanders campaign also voluntarily dismissed the breach of > contract action pending against the DNC. > > > > ### > > >