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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This is a cover story meant to distract

[rsilvergun]

from a much bigger story going on right now. Compared to what's going on with our foreign policy (and the ramifications that has for an Administration that continues to ignore intelligence in favor of money) this isn't even small potatoes...

Wow, I thought it was to distract

[rsilvergun]

from that murdered Journalist.

Seriously, there is way, way too much dirt floating around about the GOP. But somehow it never seems to hurt them that much on election day...

Re: Not to worry.

[jd]

No, they shouldn't. Interfering in an election nearly caused Britain to pull out of the Vienna Convention. Think, for once in your life, about something other than point scoring at home. The collapse of the Vienna Convention would be devastating worldwide.