What the Democratic National Committee this week thought was an attempted hack of its valuable voter file turned out to be a security test organized by a state party, unbeknown to the national organization. [DNC says hackers unsuccessfully targeted voter database]Late Wednesday night, DNC Chief Security Officer Bob Lord reversed course. After some investigation, all concurred that the site appeared to be a system set up for malicious purposes, a party official said. It did not exhibit features of a phishing test system, the official said. They were “a little embarrassed, but they did the right thing and told us right away,” said a DNC official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter remains sensitive.

Source: Washington Post August 23, 2018 12:39 UTC