Hackers for Hillary gets boost from Trump Idea - CNET

Talk about a comment backfiring. Donald Trump continues to face fallout after saying he hopes Russian hackers find Hillary Clinton's "missing" emails.

At a press conference in Florida last month, the Republican presidential nominee said he hopes Russia tracks down 30,000 personal emails that Clinton deleted during her tenure as secretary of state. Trump's campaign later said the candidate was being sarcastic.

Trump's Idea may have convinced some cybersecurity experts to rally behind Clinton.

Around 60 security professionals attended a Hackers for Hillary event, held Wednesday night at the Black Hat hackers conference in Las Vegas, reported the Guardian. The group raised about $30,000.

The part that might nettle Trump is the event didn't gain steam until after his proposal to Russia.