U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's campaign discovered an attack on its website Thursday. Campaign workers said some users in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome started to receive virus alerts. Some apparently downloaded the viruses. After a search with web developers, the offending code was found and removed from the website.
"This malicious attack caused unsuspecting supporters and Internet users to inadvertently download viruses to their computers, and it is disturbing there are people who spend their time and energy on causing havoc to innocent volunteers," said campaign manager Gina Countryman. "We take the security of our website and our volunteers very seriously. We took swift action with our developers to find and remove damaging codes and protect our supporters." Countryman said the campaign has no reason to believe any data was removed. No contributor lists are housed on the Web site.
