{"id":17775,"date":"2020-10-30T05:39:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17775"},"modified":"2020-10-30T05:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:39:58","slug":"wisconsin-republicans-say-hackers-stole-2-3m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/10\/30\/wisconsin-republicans-say-hackers-stole-2-3m\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Republicans say hackers stole $2.3m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wisconsin Republican party has said hackers stole $2.3m (\u00a31.7m) from its effort to support President Donald Trump’s re-election.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The party contacted the FBI and agents are investigating the matter, Chairman Andrew Hitt said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Hitt said the hackers manipulated campaign invoices to steal the funds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the upcoming presidential election Wisconsin is seen as a key state – one Mr Trump won narrowly in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The party’s invoices for vendors were altered so that when they paid the invoices, the money did not go to the vendors, Mr Hitt said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He noted it appeared to have begun as a phishing attempt. A party spokesman said it appeared no data was stolen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The millions were taken from the Wisconsin Republicans’ federal account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Hitt said that state officials were warned about such cyberattacks at the party’s national convention in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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