We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. False Alarm. The Democratic National Committee is now saying the hacking attempt on the party's online voter database was actually a "simulated phishing test." "We, along with the partners who reported the site, now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated phishing test on VoteBuilder," the DNC's chief security officer Bob Lord said in a statement to PCMag. "The test, which mimicked several attributes of actual attacks on the Democratic party's voter file, was not authorized by the DNC, VoteBuilder nor any of our vendors," he added. Lord's statement refrained from identifying the third party who ordered the phishing test. But a source familiar with the matter said the Michigan Democratic Party gave the green light for another organization to conduct the test. Unfortunately, the DNC and its security vendors were caught unaware. The security firm Lookout first noticed the mysterious phishing site on Monday, and promptly notified the DNC, fearing it was a serious hacking attempt. The phishing site spoofed the login page to VoteBuilder, a database that holds information on registered voters and Democratic Party volunteers. However, Lookout appears to have confirmed that the phishing site was indeed a test. "The thing about 'false alarms' is that you don't know that they're false until you've showed up to investigate," said the security firm's vice president Mike Murray in a tweet. "All the folks who pulled together on this were amazing, and had this been a real attack, would have stopped something terrible." In his statement, Lord added: "While we are extremely relieved that this wasn't an attempted intrusion by a foreign adversary, this incident is further proof that we need to continue to be vigilant in light of potential attacks."
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We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. False Alarm. The Democratic National Committee is now saying the hacking attempt on the party's online voter database was actually a "simulated phishing test." "We, along with the partners who reported the site, now believe it was built by a third party as part of a simulated phishing test on VoteBuilder," the DNC's chief security officer Bob Lord said in a statement to PCMag. "The test, which mimicked several attributes of actual attacks on the Democratic party's voter file, was not authorized by the DNC, VoteBuilder nor any of our vendors," he added. Lord's statement refrained from identifying the third party who ordered the phishing test. But a source familiar with the matter said the Michigan Democratic Party gave the green light for another organization to conduct the test. Unfortunately, the DNC and its security vendors were caught unaware. The security firm Lookout first noticed the mysterious phishing site on Monday, and promptly notified the DNC, fearing it was a serious hacking attempt. The phishing site spoofed the login page to VoteBuilder, a database that holds information on registered voters and Democratic Party volunteers. However, Lookout appears to have confirmed that the phishing site was indeed a test. "The thing about 'false alarms' is that you don't know that they're false until you've showed up to investigate," said the security firm's vice president Mike Murray in a tweet. "All the folks who pulled together on this were amazing, and had this been a real attack, would have stopped something terrible." In his statement, Lord added: "While we are extremely relieved that this wasn't an attempted intrusion by a foreign adversary, this incident is further proof that we need to continue to be vigilant in light of potential attacks."