Hillary Clinton's campaign is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists to call for a recount of votes in three swing states, it has been reported.

The computer scientists and election lawyers believe that they have found evidence that results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania may have been manipulated or hacked, and presented their findings to top Clinton aides on a conference call last Thursday, according to the New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer blog.

The magazine claims that "the group is so far not speaking on the record about their findings and is focused on lobbying the Clinton team in private".