Subject: Re: Your story didn't include DNC Statement
From: Jason Easley <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:05:36 -0400

Thanks Luis,

Please feel free to add me to your press list ([email-masked]) so
that this never happens again. I will add your statement to my story right
now.

Thanks again,

Jason

JASON EASLEY

Owner/Editor-in-Chief PoliticusUSA

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

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> Hi, your story on Politicsusa didn’t include any DNC perspective. Here’s a
> quote from me and below that our DNC statement:
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> “The forensic analysis conducted by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike
> confirmed that the DNC’s initial findings, which were the basis of the
> temporary shutdown in December, were accurate. The audit confirmed that one
> campaign gained unauthorized access to the data of another, and the audit
> further confirmed that the results of those searches were saved within the
> system and that data was exported. Following the conclusion of the audit
> that confirmed the DNC's original findings, the Sanders campaign withdrew
> its lawsuit.”  - DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda
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>  <http://www.democrats.org/>*Luis Miranda, *Communications
> Director
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> *Democratic National Committee*
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> 202-863-8148 – [email-masked] - @MiraLuisDC
> <https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>
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> For Immediate Release
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> April 29, 2016
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> Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148
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> *DNC Statement*
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> On December 18, 2015, the Democratic National Committee and Bernie 2016
> appeared in United States District Court on Bernie 2016’s indication that
> it would be seeking an injunction in the breach of contract action it filed
> against the DNC earlier that day. The Sanders campaign alleged that the DNC
> wrongfully terminated its access to the party-administered voter file
> system, VoteBuilder, following DNC’s discovery that Sanders campaign
> personnel had discovered a flaw in system security and had accessed Clinton
> campaign proprietary score data.
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>
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> The parties proceeded in the course of the hearing to settle the immediate
> issue before the Court. The DNC agreed to restore access to VoteBuilder by
> the next day, and the campaign agreed to cooperate in an independent
> investigation of the data breach.  The Sanders campaign also agreed as part
> of this investigation to assume a share of the costs of the investigation.
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> The DNC and the Sanders campaign agreed on the retention of CrowdStrike to
> conduct the investigation. Over a five-week period and the commitment to
> the work of 128 hours, CrowdStrike examined user activity within
> VoteBuilder by three Democratic Presidential campaigns: Hillary for
> America, Bernie 2016, and O’Malley for President.  Additionally,
> CrowdStrike conducted a forensic examination of two systems belonging to
> the Bernie 2016 campaign. The investigation sought to first identify
> whether any campaigns’ users accessed data via the VoteBuilder system in an
> unauthorized fashion and then determine the nature of any unauthorized
> access that did occur.
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> The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has concluded the independent
> investigation agreed to by the DNC and Bernie 2016.  It identified evidence
> of unauthorized access via four user accounts from the Bernie 2016
> campaign.  All unauthorized access occurred during a one-hour period from
> 10:41 to 11:42 EST on December 16, 2015.
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> During that time, the four users conducted 25 searches using proprietary
> Hillary for America score data across 11 states.  All of the results of
> these searches were saved within the VoteBuilder system, with the exception
> of one instance where a user exported a statistical summary of a search
> using HFA scoring in New Hampshire.
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> CrowdStrike found no evidence of unauthorized access by the Hillary for
> America or O’Malley for President campaigns.
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> Today, the Sanders campaign also voluntarily dismissed the breach of
> contract action pending against the DNC.
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