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House Republican campaign arm hacked during 2018 election

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The National Republican Congressional Committee – the House GOP’s campaign organization – suffered a cyber intrusion during the 2018 election, a committee spokesman said Tuesday. “The NRCC can confirm that it was the victim of a cyber intrusion by an unknown entity,” NRCC spokesman Ian Prior said in a statement. “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,” said Prior, a vice president at Mercury Public Affairs, a firm helping the NRCC respond to the breach. The NRCC had no further details beyond the statement. The breach exposed thousands of NRCC emails and appears to be the work of a sophisticated actor, a source familiar with the matter told CyberScoop. Politico was first to report on the NRCC breach, citing three senior party officials. Those officials would […]

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Democrats and Republicans split over using hacked material in campaigns

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Another Democrat-Republican feud is showing that when it comes to politically charged hacking, politics may not stop at the water’s edge. The divide is focused on whether political parties should be allowed to use insider information that’s provided by hackers; similar to what occurred at the state level in 2016. Last week, a Democratic lawmaker on the House Intelligence Committee introduced a bill that would punish federal candidates if they fail to notify the FBI whenever a suspected hacking group offers them political dirt. On Thursday, Rep. Eric Swalwell introduced the “Duty to Report Act.” The proposed law would make it a crime for campaign staffers to not tip the government off to certain suspected hacking activities. Swalwell unveiled the bill on the same week as the two-year anniversary of the now infamous Trump Tower meeting, where Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer who ambiguously offered damaging political […]

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