US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton may have no trouble securing her emails in the future, thanks to an unlikely ally among the hacker community. The Clinton campaign had organised a fundraiser event at the annual Black Hat USA conference, which saw unprecedented attendance, following Trump’s remarks on encouraging Russia to find his rival’s missing emails.
The event saw the Clinton campaign raise around $30,000. However, the central issue surrounding the event was the opportunity to attract the generally apolitical hacker community to get more involved in the ongoing political processes. Despite the Clinton campaign’s efforts to do so, it appears it was Trump’s inflammatory comments that finally provoked interest in the event.
Jake Braun, CEO of Cambridge Global Advisors, and co-organiser of the event, said “Maybe 12 people had RSVP’d until then.
“It went through the roof after that. It really helps when you have Donald Trump giving Russia a pass on hacking our democracy,” the Guardian reported. For the full article click here
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