Pelosi warns colleagues of harassing calls and messages

Pelosi, D-Calif., warned her Democratic colleagues in Congress to quickly change their numbers and told them not to let their children or family members answer their phones or read the potentially shocking text messages.

The breach targeted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other Democratic Party entities, Pelosi said in a statement.

Hours after the information was posted online, an email list-serve run by the Democratic Caucus sent a notice to recipients informing them to “change passwords to all email accounts that you use” and also to “strongly consider changing your non-House email addresses if possible”.

Pelosi said she was flying from Florida to California when she heard about the posting of information such as cell phone numbers.

A hacker or group going by Guccifer 2.0 and purporting to be Romanian initially took credit for the breach of the Democratic National Committee.

The Russian government has denied involvement in the attacks. That’s raised questions about whether the Russians are trying to influence the United States presidential election.

Friday’s was the latest release of information from cyber-attacks – including those by groups with purported ties to Russian Federation – against Democratic organizations as the 2016 elections heat up.

The Democrats have been dogged by hacking and leaks during the presidential campaign.

Trump has rejected the allegation, insisting Democrats were trying to “deflect the horror and stupidity” of the leak.

US officials believed Russian hackers were responsible for the initial cyber breach, after they found Russian “fingerprints” left behind.

Both firms, Fidelis Cybersecurity and ThreatConnect, said the hackers created a fake internet DCCC donation site.

The Russian government has dismissed the idea that it was involved in the hack of the DNC, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, while not revealing the source of the documents, said there’s “no proof whatsoever” that Moscow was involved.

But U.S. officials suspect the operation and others directed at the DNC and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign were more likely an attempt to pursue email chains into classified networks or in search of national security policy information than to influence the November 8 U.S. election. “Upon landing, I have received scores of mostly obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages”. Pelosi called the cyber breach “an electronic Watergate break-in”, and a “sad course of events” for the party and the nation. Bernie Sanders. It also led Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign as the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi waves after her speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.