Foreign hackers are reportedly spying on Trump, Clinton

Are presidential campaigns being watched? — (Image credit: John Sommers II/Getty Images)

Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said Wednesday that the FBI and Homeland Security Department are working with the 2016 presidential candidates after indications that foreign hackers are spying on them and their campaigns, The Associated Press reports.

This is not the first time foreign hackers have taken an interest in U.S. campaigns; Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were targets of Chinese cyberattacks in 2008.

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