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JUST IN: Thousands of Emails of Top Republican Officials Stolen in Major Hack

Thousands of emails from top Republicans were stolen during the 2018 midterm election in a major hack.

Email accounts from four top aides at the National Republican Congressional Committee were hacked and surveilled for several months. The hack was first detected in April by an MSSP, a managed security services provider that monitors the NRCC’s network; the FBI was then alerted.

The origin of the attack is unknown at this time, however; they believe it was a foreign agent.

None of the stolen emails were made public and the NRCC says donor information was not compromised.

Politico reported:

The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election, exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to three senior party officials.

Read the full story from The Gateway Pundit


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