After DNC Breach, Clinton Campaign Holds Fundraiser at Hacker Conference

LAS VEGAS — -- As the Democratic Party reels from the massive cyber breach of the Democratic National Committee network, Hillary Clinton's campaign is fundraising in the cybersecurity lion's den alongside the Black Hat hackers convention today in Las Vegas.

The fundraising event, hosted by Black Hat founder Jeff Moss and attended by the Clinton campaign's cybersecurity working group coordinator, Michael Sulmeyer, will be an "evening discussing cyber policy issues facing the next administration," according to the campaign's website. Tickets run from $100 to $2,700.

Black Hat, along with another annual hacker convention in Las Vegas called DEF CON, is one of the largest gatherings of hackers and cybersecurity professionals in the world. A representative for Black Hat said the fundraising event was not related to the conference, as Black Hat is apolitical.

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The fundraiser comes just days after more than 19,000 emails from the DNC, including some audio voice mail attachments, were published online by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The emails — which showed the supposedly neutral DNC appearing to side with Clinton over Bernie Sanders, her rival for the party's presidential nomination — led to the resignation of four top party officials, including DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The FBI, likely with help from the NSA and CIA, is investigating who was behind the breach. Cybersecurity experts who have analyzed the hack and Clinton campaign officials have laid blame on hackers working for Russian intelligence agencies, but top U.S. officials have said it's too early to make that call.