National Republican Congressional Committee’s email accounts were compromised earlier this year, Politico reports. Thousands of emails may have been spied upon. The attack occurred in advance of the midterm elections in November. It’s unclear when the attackers gained access to the NRCC accounts. U.S. intelligence agencies said in a January 2017 report about Russian meddling in the 2016 election that “Russia collected on some Republican-affiliated targets but did not conduct a comparable disclosure campaign,” referring to disclosures the report alleged Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to discredit Clinton.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/top-republican-email-accounts-compromised-a-11801