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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExclusive: Emails of top NRCC officials stolen in major 2018 hack
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/04/exclusive-emails-of-top-nrcc-officials-stolen-in-major-2018-hack-1043309The email accounts of four senior aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were surveilled for several months, the party officials said. The intrusion was detected in April by an NRCC vendor, who alerted the committee and its cybersecurity contractor. An internal investigation was initiated and the FBI was alerted to the attack, said the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the incident.
However, senior House Republicans including Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) were not informed of the hack until POLITICO contacted the NRCC on Monday with questions about the episode. Rank-and-file House Republicans were not told, either.
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), who served as NRCC chairman this past election cycle, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Committee officials said they decided to withhold the information because they were intent on conducting their own investigation, and feared that revealing the hack would compromise efforts to find the culprit.
However, senior House Republicans including Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) were not informed of the hack until POLITICO contacted the NRCC on Monday with questions about the episode. Rank-and-file House Republicans were not told, either.
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), who served as NRCC chairman this past election cycle, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Committee officials said they decided to withhold the information because they were intent on conducting their own investigation, and feared that revealing the hack would compromise efforts to find the culprit.
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Exclusive: Emails of top NRCC officials stolen in major 2018 hack (Original Post)
Roland99
Dec 2018
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,166 posts)1. Looks like someone wants to "keep them honest."
If you catch my drift.
louis-t
(23,288 posts)2. Oh, maybe now they'll do something.
But I doubt it.
Yosemito
(648 posts)3. Putin not happy with his purchase?
Interesting.
underpants
(182,739 posts)4. Hillary's old server has become self aware
I can so see this being spun into an excuse for the Blue Wave.