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The candidates vying to lead the Democratic National Committee into the mid-term elections are doling out cybersecurity promises like never before.

They’re vowing to hire a senior cyber point-person, rebuild the party’s computer defenses, expand relationships with law enforcement and instill a culture of digital security in a party rattled by the cyberattacks that helped keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House.

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