Democratic National Convention Details

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    Democratic National Convention

    Washington, D.C. • 200 employees • Governments

    https://demconvention.com/
    United States

    Industry

    Governments

    Security Incidents

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    The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. These conventions gather thousands of delegates from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and several U.S. territories to vote for the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees, who will represent the Democratic Party in the upcoming federal election. The convention also plays a significant role in determining the party's platform, which outlines the party’s policy goals and proposals.

    Throughout its history, the DNC has seen ...
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    Security Incidents

    Democratic National Convention Breach of Aug 2024
    Severity Score
    Moderate to Significant

    Type

    Unknown

    Summary

    As the Democratic National Convention (DNC) prepared to commence in Chicago on August 19, a Telegram-based bot service named "IntelFetch" was discovered aggregating compromised credentials related to DNC and Democratic Party websites. According to ZeroFox researchers, the data breach involved credentials from the Washington and Idaho state branches of the DNC, encompassing email addresses and passwords from domains such as "demconvention.com" and "democrats.org".

    Although the breach did not arise from a targeted attack, it poses a substantial risk of unauthorized access to sensitive systems w...
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    Severity

    The recent incident involving the Democratic National Convention (DNC) saw sensitive credentials from multiple DNC and Democratic Party websites aggregated by the Telegram-based bot service "IntelFetch." ZeroFox researchers verified that compromised data included logins for party members and delegates from sites like "demconvention.com" and "democrats.org." Although the breach was not a targeted attack, it poses a significant risk, potentially enabling unauthorized access to critical systems and confidential information.

    Given the potential for unauthorized infiltration, the historical contex...
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    Impact

    The incident involving "IntelFetch" represented a significant data breach, compromising credentials from the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and state branches in Washington and Idaho. The exposed data included email addresses and passwords from users associated with "demconvention.com," "democrats.org," and related sites. Though not stemming from a targeted attack, the breach created a substantial risk of unauthorized access to secure systems.

    Systems or services were not taken offline, but the potential for malicious actors to access confidential information and disrupt party operation...
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