They realized that their side of the case had no merit, and that the case would expose a lot of stuff in the DNC that they don't want exposed. I'm sure they'd be blocking Bernie's access for quite a while if it was't for this lawsuit. The Bernie campaign did a great job of filing a case so fast to make the DNC heel.
The Sanders campaign reached a deal with the DNC regarding the lawsuit shortly before they were scheduled to appear before a judge at 11:00 p.m. ET Friday, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver confirmed to NBC News. The DNC "capitulated," Weaver said, and will restore access to voter file as soon as tomorrow.www.nbcnews.com/… The DNC really had no case. None of the data was downloaded or exported.
www.snopes.com/... The logs seem to show that the data was saved on the system to a folder called "Data Team". I suspect it was to document the bug. After all, the Hillary campaign could likely do the same with Bernie files.It appears to have just been saved in a folder on the system called “Data Team”.