Russian govt spies hacked US Democratic Party's database, accessed research on Trump: Report

Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

"The intruders so thoroughly compromised the DNC's system they also were able to read all e-mail and chat traffic," the paper said, citing committee officials and security experts.

According to the report, DNC said that no financial, donor or personal information appears to have been accessed.