New York Post

Dems hacked again

Fund-raise panel hit

- By DAVID K. L I With Wire Services

The FBI is investigat­ing the hacking of a major Democratic Party congressio­nal fund-raising group.

The cyber attack on the Democratic Congressio­nal Campaign Committee, or DCCC, comes on the heals off a massive hacking scandal at the Democratic National Committee and is likely to increase concerns that Russia is attempting to meddle in US politics.

The breach at the DCCC may have been intended to gather informatio­n about donors rather than to steal money, Reuters reported on Thursday.

The DCCC raises money for Democrats running for seats in the House of Representa­tives.

The intrusion could have begun as recently as June, sources told Reuters.

Meanwhile, Democrats have yet to contact many of the party’s richest and most famous donors whose private informatio­n was exposed in the DNC hack that was revealed last week.

Addresses, Social Security and bank-routing numbers of high rollers were made public after WikiLeaks published the sensitive data over the weekend.

“It’s very disturbing,” one donor, Georgia attorney Mark Tate, told ABC News. “They haven’t told me that my informatio­n is out there.”

The data dump included at least one check worth $150,000 with signatures and addresses plainly visible.

Tate, who has donated tens of thousands of bucks to Democrats, said the party needs to get its act together.

“I’ve always been loyal to the Democratic Party,” he said. “But they need to let me know what stuff is out there.”

Hollywood celebs James Cameron, Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Longoria and Kyra Sedgwick, and billionair­es George Soros and Tom Steyer also had personal data exposed.

A party official admitted Democrats are still sorting out the damage and have yet to notify everyone impacted.

“While we do not yet know the scope of the intrusion or all of the individual­s who may have been affected, we are quickly reviewing the thousands of e-mails and files stolen from the DNC and disclosed by WikiLeaks to determine and make the appropriat­e notificati­ons,” a party official said.

“The DNC takes privacy matters very seriously.”

Not every donor was upset. William Eacho, President Obama’s former ambassador to Austria, had a voicemail to the DNC hacked in which he called to confirm dinner with Obama.

“No one from the DNC has reached out yet, but I am sure they are a bit busy this week,” Eacho said.

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