The
Democratic National Committee "rebuffed" a request from the FBI to
examine its computer services after it was allegedly hacked by Russia
during the 2016 election, a senior law enforcement official told CNN
Thursday.
"The FBI repeatedly
stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access to
servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well after the initial
compromise had been mitigated," a senior law enforcement official told
CNN. "This left the FBI no choice but to rely upon a third party for
information. These actions caused significant delays and inhibited the
FBI from addressing the intrusion earlier."
This statement is in response to reports that the FBI never asked the DNC for access to the hacked systems.
The DNC told Buzzfeed News that they did not receive a request from the FBI to access their computer servers.
"The
DNC had several meetings with representatives of the FBI's Cyber
Division and its Washington Field Office, the Department of Justice's
National Security Division, and US Attorney's Offices, and it responded
to a variety of requests for cooperation, but the FBI never requested
access to the DNC's computer servers," Eric Walker, the DNC's deputy
communications director, told BuzzFeed News.
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