It’s been a little over a week since Bernie Sanders’ campaign was busted after a staffer wrongly accessed data gathered by the Hillary Clinton campaign. In response to the breach, the DNC, Democratic National Committee, cut Sanders off from accessing the crucial voters information database. In response, the Sanders campaign filed a suit in federal court against the DNC in order to access their data again. The DNC agreed to allow the campaign to access their data within hours.

The Sanders campaign went off on the DNC in the hours following the news in which the data was made unavailable. Sending out emails, hosting press conferences and even creating a petition. Almost immediately, Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager, went on television to announce there is a lawsuit against the DNC in the works. Sanders supporters (and even the campaign itself) believe that the DNC is in favor of Hillary Clinton and this denial of data was a way to sabotage Sanders and boost Clinton. Clinton supporters were quick to retaliate, saying that the Sanders staffer was the one who wrongfully downloaded Clinton data and that Secretary Clinton is the victim, not Sanders.

That Saturday evening, ABC held a democratic debate and this scandal was sure to make a presence--and so it did. Sanders opened by apologizing to Clinton and saying how he hopes they can work on an independent investigation into this data breach. The debate continued with candidates clashing about domestic, foreign and economical issues.

The real question is: will this data breach hurt Sanders? The Sanders campaign is being accused of overreacting. Analysts are deeming the Vermont Senator 'weak' for quickly apologizing to Clinton and filing a federal lawsuit against the DNC. If the DNC wasn’t already after him, they sure are now.

The holidays are over and candidates are back on the campaign trail--it will be interesting to see how this slip will impact the outcome.