National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

The US National Rifle Association (NRA) was victim of a massive ransomware attack in october 2021.

The exposed information includes materials related to grant applications, letters of political endorsement, and apparent minutes from a recent NRA meeting.

In the submission, they made note of the fact that it "had adopted new cybersecurity measures.

Source: https://in.mashable.com/digital-culture/28950/nra-finally-admits-it-was-hacked-by-a-ransomware-group-in-2021

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/national-rifle-association

"id": "nat2125231222",
"linkid": "national-rifle-association",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Firearms Advocacy',
                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'US National Rifle Association (NRA)',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['grant applications',
                                              'letters of political '
                                              'endorsement',
                                              'minutes from a recent NRA '
                                              'meeting']},
 'date_detected': 'October 2021',
 'description': 'The US National Rifle Association (NRA) was victim of a '
                'massive ransomware attack in October 2021. The exposed '
                'information includes materials related to grant applications, '
                'letters of political endorsement, and apparent minutes from a '
                'recent NRA meeting. In the submission, they made note of the '
                'fact that it "had adopted new cybersecurity measures."',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['grant applications',
                                 'letters of political endorsement',
                                 'minutes from a recent NRA meeting']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['adopted new cybersecurity measures']},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on the US National Rifle Association (NRA)',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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