Computer systems used by Hillary Clinton campaign apparently hacked by Russian spies

In a major shock for Democrat Hillary Clinton, a fresh incident of hacking has come to light, highlighting that the computer systems used by Clinton's presidential campaign were hacked.

According to a New York Times report, the attack has come from Russian intelligence services.

According to the report, Clinton's campaign said in a statement that intruders had gained access to an analytics programme used by the campaign, but it said it did not believe that the campaign's own internal computer systems had been compromised.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the fundraising arm for House Democrats, also said that its systems had been hacked. Together, the databases of the national committee and the House organisation contain sensitive communications and voter and financial data.

The report suggests that it is the same arm of Russia's intelligence operation, which was believed to be behind the attack on the national committee, in which it gained access to opposition research on Republicans, including Donald Trump.

Recently, Wikileaks had released nearly 20,000 emails and more than 8,000 attachments from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Many of the emails had indicated that the top DNC officials were hostile to the Bernie Sanders campaign.The emails also showed an unprecedented level of collusion between top party officials and political reporters, as well as DNC staffers favouring Hillary Clinton while devising ways to attack Bernie Sanders.

The hacker who leaked the DNC emails was also believed to be a part of a team Russian hackers.