Attempted Hack of Republican National Committee Tied to Russia
No RNC data was accessed in the second major cyberattack on the United States by a Russian network.
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Hackers associated with the Russian government gained access last week to Synnex, a contractor for the Republican National Committee, reports NPR. The breach would be the second major cyberattack by a Russian network on the United States in recent days. A ransomware attack by the Russian-language REvil gang struck at least 200 U.S. companies over the weekend.
“We immediately blocked all access from Synnex accounts to our cloud environment,” Richard Walters, the RNC’s chief of staff, said. “Our team worked with Microsoft to conduct a review of our systems and after a thorough investigation, no RNC data was accessed. We will continue to work with Microsoft, as well as federal law enforcement officials, on this matter.” The FBI said it “is aware of the incident and has no additional comment at this time.”
