“Russian govt hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week, around the time a Russia-linked criminal group unleashed a massive ransomware attack, according to two people familiar w/ the matter.” - 7/6/21
(They did this in 2015 too.) 1/
(They did this in 2015 too.) 1/
https://twitter.com/scottmstedman/status/1412514221632327681
“The government hackers were part of a group known as APT 29 or Cozy Bear, according to the people.” 2/
“An RNC spokesman on Tuesday denied its systems were breached and referred to a statement citing IT provider Synnex Corp. released on Saturday.” 3/
“‘Microsoft informed us that one of our vendors, Synnex, systems may have been exposed,’ Mike Reed, a spokesman for the RNC, said in the earlier statement. ‘There is no indication the RNC was hacked or any RNC information was stolen.’” 4/
“‘We are investigating the matter and have informed DHS and the FBI,’” the RNC spokesman said. 5/
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