Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee was hit by a ransomware attack by Russian government hackers that breached the computer systems of the organization.

What information the hackers viewed or, if any, stole was unknown, the RNC has consistently denied being hacked.

They immediately blocked all access from Synnex accounts to their cloud environment the organization notified.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/russian-state-hackers-breached-republican-national-committee#xj4y7vzkg

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/republican-national-committee

"id": "rep0108223",
"linkid": "republican-national-committee",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
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                        'name': 'Republican National Committee',
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                'by Russian government hackers that breached the computer '
                'systems of the organization. What information the hackers '
                'viewed or, if any, stole was unknown, the RNC has '
                'consistently denied being hacked. They immediately blocked '
                'all access from Synnex accounts to their cloud environment '
                'the organization notified.',
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 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Blocked all access from Synnex '
                                       'accounts to their cloud environment']},
 'threat_actor': 'Russian government hackers',
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Republican National Committee',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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