GOP congressman: I 'misspoke' when I said RNC was hacked
Story highlights
- The DNC was already known to be hacked
- McCaul says the RNC was similarly targeted
(CNN)A
Republican congressman said he misspoke when he asserted the Republican
National Committee's data has been hacked, amending his remarks shortly
after a top RNC official disputed his initial statement.
GOP
Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee,
told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Wednesday on "The Situation Room" that he
learned from intelligence briefings that hackers have targeted the RNC
similarly to how they struck the Democratic National Committee.
"Yes, they have hacked into
the Republican National Committee," McCaul said. "So this is, again,
they are not picking sides here I don't think. They are hacking into
both political parties."
He added:
"They are not discriminating one party against other. They have hacked
in both parties at the national level. We're not sure why they've
released some documents and not others."
But a top RNC official immediately disputed McCaul.
"There has been no known breach of the RNC's cyber network," said Sean Cairncross, the RNC's chief operating officer.
McCaul
had continued: "What we don't know is the extent of damage done and
what they were able to retrieve out of the RNC itself. That's, again,
the subject of an FBI investigation."
Shortly after the interview, McCaul walked back his comments.
"I
misspoke by asserting that the RNC was hacked. What I had intended to
say was that in addition to the DNC hack, Republican political
operatives have also been hacked," he said in a statement.
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