Midterms: Piracy of mails of the republican commission NRCC

The National Republican Congress Commission (NRCC), in charge of organizing the mid-term elections campaign in the House of Representatives, was hacked in April, the Politico website reported on Tuesday.

This piracy has resulted in the revelation of several thousand sensitive emails, adds the site.

The accounts of four advisers of the NRCC were compromised during computer intrusions detected in April, continues Politico quoting three senior officials of the Republican Party whose identity has not been revealed.