Reply #18: Yeah, my tin foil hat was humming as well... this does smell like CIA

[mikelewis]

This is from the DailyKos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/1/185748/155

The campaign of Democratic congressional candidate Virginia "Ginny" Schrader said today it is bolstering its computer system after a failed hacking incident earlier this week.
The FBI confirmed that it is checking out whether Wednesday's alleged breach into a computer with fund-raising and polling data came from Campaign Solutions, a Virginia-based Republican political consulting firm with deep involvement in GOP races all over the country.

"We have been made aware of the incident, and we are looking into it," said Jerri Williams, special agent and spokeswoman for the FBI in Philadelphia.

Campaign Solutions today denied any involvement in the incident.





This is from the first article on that post...
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/breaking_news/9813230.htm?1c
Brian Smoot, Schrader's campaign manager in the Eighth Congressional District race against Republican Michael G. Fitzpatrick, said the FBI told him that there were a "few knocks at the door," but nothing was seen or obtained. The district covers Bucks County and parts of Montgomery County and Philadelphia.

Smoot said an anti-virus firewall installed on one of the computers indicated the attempted breach came from Campaign Solutions, which helps GOP candidates build Web sites, raise funds and issue direct-mailers.