The Republican National Committee (RNC) confirmed Tuesday that none of its data was accessed in a hack of a third-party provider, a spokesperson said. Danielle Alvarez, the RNC’s communications director, released a statement saying it was informed by Microsoft that their systems might have been breached, but that “no RNC data was accessed.” The RNC, according to the statement, “will continue to work with Microsoft, as well as federal law enforcement officials on this matter.” Several news outlets, including Bloomberg News, reported that the RNC’s computer systems were hacked by Russian state hackers. Bloomberg, in a story published Tuesday, cited “two people familiar with the matter” and provided no other details about the sources in its claim that Russian group Cozy Bear carried out a ransomware attack against the GOP. In a series of tweets on Tuesday pushing back against Bloomberg reporter William Turton’s claim, Alvarez said the assertion that Russian-linked …
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