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House GOP Campaign Committee Says Its Emails Were Hacked During 2018 Campaign (talkingpointsmemo.com)

The National Republican Congressional Committee was hacked this election cycle, it admitted Tuesday afternoon. From a report: "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," NRCC spokesman Ian Prior said in a statement.

"To protect the integrity of that investigation, the NRCC will offer no further comment on the incident." The major breach included thousands of emails from four senior aides, according to Politico, which first reported the hacks. An outside vendor noticed and alerted the committee in April. The committee then launched an internal investigation and alerted the FBI.

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  1. Re: And yet no leaks showing rigged primaries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    May your god have mercy on your soul

  2. Re: And yet no leaks showing rigged primaries by mretondo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then I'll be with friends:)

  3. Re:Not to worry. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1, Funny

    That assumes, of course, that Wikileaks has even received copies of the e-mails from whoever stole them.

    No, the hacked GOP emails won't go to Wikileaks. They are being kept in a big zip file named, "Saudi/Putin Insurance Policy (1)" on a server in Chechnya that's running a pirated version of Windows NT Server 4.0.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  4. Re: And yet no leaks showing rigged primaries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you out of your mind, the President just sent the military to protect Texas from 5,000 job and safety seeking terrorists. How is that the ability to survive on its own.