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Republicans tell FBI they were victim of 'cyber intrusion' during 2018 campaign
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Republicans have told the FBI they were the victim of a major cyber hack during the 2018 campaign season.
The House of Representatives’ Republican campaign organisation - known as the National Republican Congressional Committee, or NRCC - believes that thousands of sensitive emails were exposed as a result of the attack.
It has told the FBI that the email accounts of four top aides at the NRCC, which oversees the selection of candidates and fundraising for them, were compromised for months in an intrusion detected in April, according to Politico.
The news site said while the issue became a major headache for the NRCC, which hired a leading Washington DC law firm and public relations company to handle its response to the intrusion, senior Republicans including Paul Ryan, the speaker, and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy were reportedly not told about it.
“The NRCC can confirm that it was the victim of a cyber intrusion by an unknown entity. The cybersecurity of the Committee’s data is paramount, and upon learning of the intrusion, the NRCC immediately launched an internal investigation and notified the FBI, which is now investigating the matter,” Ian Prior, a spokesman for Mercury Public Affairs, which is representing the NRCC, said in a statement.
He added: “To protect the integrity of that investigation, the NRCC will offer no further comment on the incident.”
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Republicans have told the FBI they were the victim of a major cyber hack during the 2018 campaign season.
The House of Representatives’ Republican campaign organisation - known as the National Republican Congressional Committee, or NRCC - believes that thousands of sensitive emails were exposed as a result of the attack.
It has told the FBI that the email accounts of four top aides at the NRCC, which oversees the selection of candidates and fundraising for them, were compromised for months in an intrusion detected in April, according to Politico.
The news site said while the issue became a major headache for the NRCC, which hired a leading Washington DC law firm and public relations company to handle its response to the intrusion, senior Republicans including Paul Ryan, the speaker, and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy were reportedly not told about it.
“The NRCC can confirm that it was the victim of a cyber intrusion by an unknown entity. The cybersecurity of the Committee’s data is paramount, and upon learning of the intrusion, the NRCC immediately launched an internal investigation and notified the FBI, which is now investigating the matter,” Ian Prior, a spokesman for Mercury Public Affairs, which is representing the NRCC, said in a statement.
He added: “To protect the integrity of that investigation, the NRCC will offer no further comment on the incident.”
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